Stages of change
Begins to implement the solution or plan.
Action
Patient typically meets 1-2 times per week for group sessions.
Level 1 Substance Use Outpatient Treatment
Antidote Reversal agent for narcotics opioids
Narcan Naloxone
What 3 things should you change to avoid relapse?
People, Places, and Things
What is the most powerful and deadliest opioid?
Fentanyl
No awareness of problem or intention to make a change.
Pre-contemplation
Patient is recommended to attend group sessions 3-5 times per week at a counseling facility. These clients have more serious substance abuse issues. (hint: precursor to inpatient)
Level 2.1 Intensive Substance Use Outpatient Treatment
Stress disorder AFTER traumatic event...
PTSD
To maintain your sobriety, you need to be able to recognize and identify these
Triggers
What is hospitalization called by drinking too much?
Alcohol Poisoning
Develops new behaviors to maintain changes and solution.
Maintenance
Self-help groups which often meet at places like churches, treatment facilities or schools.
12-step meetings
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure..
Dopamine
One of the most common & effective coping skills a person in early recovery can develop is, this string of behaviors characterized by "a sequence of actions regularly followed"...
Routine
What type of drug testing holds drug metabolites the longest?
Hair testing
Thinking about change.
Comtemplation
Patient receives help for their addiction at facility and stays typically anywhere from 2 weeks to 90 days.
Inpatient Treatment or Rehab.
Having 2 or more mental health disorders at the same time...
co-occurring disorders
1st symptom experienced as a sign you're developing a substance abuse disorder...
Increased tolerance
What prescription drug has a similar side effects to cocaine and meth?
Prescription stimulant (Ritalin & Adderall)
Window of opportunity when a client considers change & develops a commitment to action.
Preparation
A short stay at a facility anywhere from 3-7 days to help assist a patient with their withdrawal symptoms.
Detox
This drug is still used as a localized, external anesthetic...
Cocaine
The difference between Post-acute withdrawal and acute withdrawal phase.
In the acute withdrawal occur physical symptoms. The Post-acute withdrawal has mostly psychological and emotional symptoms.
What type of drug is PCP?
Hallucinogenic drug or dissociative drug