Co-Occurring Basics
This term describes having both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder at the same time?
What is a co-occurring disorder or dual diagnoses.
Symptoms include sadness, low energy, and loss of interest?
MDD or depression.
Medications used to treat depression?
What is antidepressants, SSRIs, and medications such as Zoloft and Prozac.
Using substances over time can do this to mental health symptoms?
What is intensify symptoms, make them worse, and increase symptoms.
A therapy that focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT.
This is one reason people may use substances when struggling with mental health symptoms?
What is self-medicating, coping with substances, or avoidance.
Racing thoughts, constant worry, and feeling on edge?
What is anxiety or panicking.
Fast-acting anxiety medications that can be addictive?
What is benzodiazepines such as Xanax, Ativan, and Klonopin.
This describes using substances to deal with emotional pain?
What is self-medicating, avoidance, and escaping feelings.
Taking medications as prescribed and attending therapy is called this?
What is medication adherence, compliance, or following TX plan.
True or False: Treating only substance use without addressing mental health is usually effective long-term?
What is false or incorrect.
High highs and low lows in mood and energy?
What is mood swings or bipolar.
Medications used to control extreme mood swings?
What is mood stabilizers such as lithium.
Stopping substances can sometimes cause symptoms similar to mental illness?
What is withdrawal symptoms, irritability, anxiety, and depression.
Groups like AA/NA help with this?
What is support, accountability, or sobriety.
What is one challenge people with co-occurring disorders often face in treatment?
What is a misdiagnosis, relapse risk, medication complications, and stigma.
Flashbacks, nightmares, and feeling constantly unsafe?
What is a trauma response or PTSD.
True or False: You should stop medication suddenly if you feel better?
False.
Risks of mixing medications with drugs or alcohol?
What is overdose, dangerous side effects, increased sedation, death, or reduced medication effectiveness.
Healthy coping skills instead of using substances?
What is journaling, grounding techniques, deep breathing, and exercise.
Name common mental health disorders that co-occur with substance use?
What is anxiety, depression, bipolar, PTSD, ADHD, etc.
Seeing or hearing things that aren’t there OR believing things that aren’t real?
What is psychosis, hallucinations, or delusions.
Name common side effects of psychiatric medications?
What is drowsiness, weight gain, nausea, dry mouth, and sleep changes.
Why is honesty with providers about substance use important?
What is safety, proper medication management, accurate, and better TX planning.
A plan created to avoid returning to substance use?
What is a relapse prevention plan.