Mental Health
True or False: Mental health and mental illness are the same thing?
False
This is what we call the people, places, and things that make you want to use.
What are triggers?
This skill helps calm your body by focusing on your breathing.
What is: deep breathing, relaxation, meditation, mindfulness
This drug is a depressant that slows down the brain and is legal to purchase.
What is: alcohol, beer, wine, liquor
This important text was first published in 1939 and is often called by this nickname.
What is The Big Book?
This condition can develop after a traumatic event and includes flashbacks and nightmares.
What is PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
This term means needing more of a drug or alcohol to feel the same effect as before.
What is tolerance?
This word means understanding how you feel and why.
What is: self-awareness, emotional awareness, personal insight
This drug is known as a “club drug” and can cause feelings of closeness but also dehydration and overheating.
What is: MDMA, ecstacy
This is the practice of seeking help from someone in recovery to stay accountable in recovery.
What is: a sponsor, sponsorship
This doctor can help with mental health diagnoses and they prescribe medication.
What is a psychiatrist?
This brain chemical is involved in motivation, pleasure, and reward.
What is dopamine?
This skill helps you avoid risky situations or people who encourage substance use.
What is: setting boundaries, coping skills, seeking support ...
This drug is used medically to treat ADHD and narcolepsy but can be abused as a stimulant.
What is: Adderall, Vyvanse, amphetamines
This means you can’t control your addiction on your own.
What is: powerlessness, needing support, asking for help
This condition involves hearing, seeing, or feeling things that are not real.
What is a: hallucination, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
This category of drugs speeds up the body and can cause increased energy and heart rate.
What are stimulants?
Saying “no” clearly and respectfully to offers to use is called this.
What is: assertiveness, being assertive, assertive, boundaries ...
This legal substance is highly addictive and affects the lungs and heart.
What is nicotine?
This is an important step in AA and NA where you admit you have a problem.
What is Step One?
This book helps mental health professionals in the U.S. identify and diagnose mental health disorders.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM-5)
This relapse prevention technique involves identifying high-risk situations and planning ahead.
What is a: coping strategy, coping skill, relapse prevention plan, emergency plan, safety plan
Exercise, healthy eating, journaling, meditation, yoga, sleep, drinking water, and taking medications are examples of this practice.
What is self-care?
This drug can cause long-lasting changes to the brain and is being studied for mental health treatment.
What is ketamine?
This step asks members to admit their faults to themselves and others.
What is Step Five?