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ALGEE !!!!
Drugged and Dangerous
Relational Raucous
Diagnose Ease
Sign your Symptoms
100
Mental Health First Aid started in this country thanks to Betty Kitchener and Anthony Jorm.
What is Australia
100
a stimulant that comes in many forms that include powder, tablets, capsules, crystals or liquid. It can cause "speed psychosis" that may mimic the symptoms of schizophrenia. It can be used to treat ADHD and sleep disorders under the direction of a physician.
What is Amphetamines?
100
A pattern of abusive and coercive behavior used to gain power, dominance and control over an intimate partner.
What is Domestic Violence (or Domestic abuse/Intimate partner abuse).
100
A person cannot be diagnosed with bipolar disorder until he or she has experienced this type of mood episode.
What is mania (or manic episode)?
100
The disruption a health problem causes to a person's ability to work, go to school, carry out daily activities and engage in satisfying relationships.
What is "disability"?
200
This last step of the Mental Health First Aid action plan helps counselees take personal responsibility for their mental and physical well being.
What is "Encourage self help and other support strategies"
200
This hallucinogen is often used as a "party drug". Users often report feeling emotionally close to others. Research on people who have used this drug regularly shows a reduced sexual interest and a range of other mental health problems.
What is Ecstasy?
200
According to Dr. Collins, this counseling theory has become the basis of family therapy and of many approaches to marriage counseling?
What is systems theory?
200
A set of symptoms in which a person has lost contact with reality.
What is Psychosis?
200
From the Greek root word: "schizein" which means "fractured mind".
What is Schizophrenia?
300
This part of the MHFA action plan assists counselees in feeling genuinely accepted and understood.
What is "Listen Nonjudgmentally"
300
an opiate drug that produces a short-term feeling of euphoria, well being and pain relief with a very high risk for dependence. Those who use this drug have a higher risk of suicide.
What is Heroin?
300
The basis for Dr. Emerson Eggerichs theory taken from Ephesians 5:33 that disrupts "The Crazy Cycle" in relationships.
What is "Love and Respect"?
300
The most common mental disorder among adults in the United States (in any given one year).
What is Anxiety Disorder?
300
Self harm that is not intended to end the individual's life, but can include cutting, burning or other forms of mutilation.
What is Non suicidal self injury? (NSSI)?
400
When a counselee discloses they have a specific plan and intent to die, the mental health first aider...
What is "Encourages appropriate professional help"
400
The most commonly abused prescription drug.
What is Pain relievers or Opioids?
400
The human capacity to cope effectively, adapt, maintain equilibrium, and even thrive in times of crises and other major life stresses.
What is resilience?
400
This disorder includes loss of enjoyment and interest, lack of energy, changes in appetite and difficulty making decisions or concentrating.
What is Depression?
400
Approximately 8% of adults in the United States are affected by this mental disorder in any given one year.
What is Substance Use Disorders?
500
A diagnosable illness that affects a person's thinking, emotional state and behavior.
What is a mental disorder?
500
Individuals who use this drug are more than twice as likely to have an anxiety disorder or depression, and are more than four times as likely to have symptoms of psychosis. It is estimated that 70-90% of people with schizophrenia are dependent on this drug.
What is Tobacco (or Nicotine)?
500
the fear of any situation where public scrutiny may occur, usually with the fear of behaving in a way that is embarrassing or humiliating
What is social phobia?
500
a chronic daily depression that is not severe enough to disrupt a person's normal functioning, but the person experiences low energy, little enthusiasm, and a low grade depression that can last a year or more.
What is Dysthymia?
500
In Prochaska and Di Clemente's model, The Stages of Change, this stage best defines when a person has thought of the pros and cons of making a change but is not yet ready to commit to doing so.
What is "Contemplation"?