Addiction Basics
This uncomfortable set of symptoms occurs when someone stops using a substance.
What is withdrawal?
This recovery approach includes admitting powerlessness and attending group meetings.
What is 12-step program?
This level of care allows patients to live at home while attending treatment.
This condition is commonly linked with substance use and involves persistent sadness, loss of interest in activities, etc.
What is depression?
This coping skill involves writing down your thoughts and feelings.
What is journaling?
This term refers to returning to substance use after a period of abstinence.
What is relapse?
This medication is commonly used to treat opioid addiction by reducing cravings.
What is methadone, suboxone (or any variation of these MATs)
This intensive setting provides 24/7 care and supervision.
This happens when someone uses substances to cope with mental health symptoms.
This coping skill involves taking a deep breath for 4 seconds, holding it in for 4 seconds, breathing out for 4 seconds, holding for 4, and then repeating until calm.
What is square (or box) breathing?
This term describes needing more of a substance to achieve the same effect.
What is Tolerance?
This monthly injection is used to treat opioid use disorder and helps reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
What is Sublocade?
This short-term process helps safely manage withdrawal symptoms.
What is detoxification (detox)?
This anxiety-related disorder can develop after experiencing trauma.
What is PTSD?
This coping skill involves staying present and aware without judgment
This plan outlines strategies to prevent relapse and handle high-risk situations.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
This type of therapy focuses on changing negative thoughts and behaviors related to substance use.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This document outlines your personal goals, progress, and strategies in treatment.
What is a treatment plan?
This symptom involves sudden shifts in emotional state, common in both mental health and substance use struggles.
What are mood swings?
This grounding technique uses your five senses to bring attention back to the present moment.
What is 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
This chronic disease affects brain reward, motivation, and memory systems.
What is Substance Use Disorder?
This modality helps clients manage intense emotions using skills like mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation.
What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)?
This type of program offers structured therapy several hours a day without overnight stay.
What is a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)?
This disorder involves cycles of depression and mania or hypomania.
What is bipolar disorder?
This DBT skill means accepting reality as it is, even when you don’t like it.
What is radical acceptance?