Mental Health Disorders
This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and a lack of interest in activities.
What is depression?
This is the term for recognizing and honoring someone's space, feelings, and individuality.
What is Respect?
This "feel-good" neurotransmitter is released in large amounts when addictive substances are used.
What is dopamine?
This term describes going back to drug or alcohol use after a period of sobriety.
What is Relapse?
This "Friends" actor openly discussed his battle with addiction in his 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.
Who is Matthew Perry?
This condition involves extreme highs (mania) and lows (depression).
What is Bipolar Disorder?
To maintain healthy relationships, we should identify and communicate these physical, psychological, and emotional limits to protect ourselves from being used, manipulated, or violated by others.
What is Boundaries?
This part of the brain, responsible for decision-making and impulse control, is weakened by long-term substance use.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This term describes the physical and mental urges that make someone want to use substances again.
What is Cravings?
This iconic singer of Rehab tragically died in 2011 after a long struggle with addiction.
Who is Amy Winehouse?
This common anxiety disorder involves excessive worry about everyday things for six months or more.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
This is the two-word term for the cooperative process of effectively resolving disputes and settling interpersonal arguments and fights in a positive manner that both sides can agree upon.
What is Conflict Resolution?
This “stress hormone” is often elevated in people with addiction and affects memory and emotion regulation.
What is cortisol?
This evidence-based approach to maintaining recovery from addiction involves identifying triggers and warning signs and then developing specific coping strategies to avoid a return to negative behaviors.
This late comedian was posthumously revealed to have struggled with depression and Lewy body dementia.
Who is Robin Williams?
This personality disorder is marked by unstable mood swings, intense emotions, impaired social relationships, and impulsive behavior.
What is borderline personality disorder (BPD)?
This two-word term describes when you carefully hear and focus on what another person is saying and then repeat back what you heard to confirm that you understood them.
What is Active Listening or Reflective Listening?
This neurotransmitter is sometimes called the “happy chemical” because it helps improve mood and feelings of well-being.
What is Serotonin?
This skills-based form of treatment used in substance use and mental health recovery focuses on identifying and changing thinking patterns to help change feelings and negative behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This legendary soul singer battled bipolar disorder and drug addiction, passing away in 2004.
What is Ray Charles?
This eating disorder is marked by restrictive eating and an intense fear of gaining weight.
What is anorexia nervosa?
Building deep trust in a relationship requires these three key ingredients: honesty, reliability, and this essential element.
What is vulnerability?
This term refers to the brain’s ability to rewire and heal over time with sobriety.
What is neuroplasticity?
This community-based intervention equips bystanders with naloxone to reverse opioid overdoses.
What is Harm Reduction?
This former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and later became a mental health advocate.
Who is Herschel Walker?