Traits Of Disorders
Feeling sad, blue or down
What is Depression
Crack, cocaine, coffee belong in this category
What is a stimulant ?
The amount of time symptoms of depression need to persist to make a diagnosis.
What is 2 weeks?
A place to find reliable information on mental health and substance use?
What is CAMH? The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Type of therapy is used to relieve psychological stress. It has become an effective way to help treat trauma, especially post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy
severely restrictive food intake
What is anorexia?
The effect that stimulants have on the CNS?
What is speed up?
The category in the continuum of use that describes never trying a certain substance?
What is non-use ?
What I ask you not to do as a counselor!
What is believe everything you read online/hear in the news.
or
What is believe what other people tell you
Popular treatment method for mental illness
What is prescription medication
Experiencing paranoia, delusions and hallucinations
What is Schizophrenia?
Effects include seeing things that are not really there.
What is hallucinogen?
The term for the interaction between mental illness and substance use?
What is concurrent or co-occurring disorder
1 in 3 people will experience this.
What is Mental Illness ?
They can provide friendships, support, resources, and tips on how to live with your condition
What are support groups
Cycling between periods of elation and periods of sadness
What is Biploar Disorder?
Alcohol is in this category.
What is depressants?
The term that describes a predictable pattern of use.
What is regular use?
Someone to turn to if you need more information?
What is a Medical Professional or Counselor
This causes changes in the brain that can improve and even reverse troubling symptoms
What is ECT or other brain stimulation therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe procedure that sends electric currents into the brain. ECT and other brain stimulation therapies are often used when other kinds of treatment haven’t worked.
Excessive fear, worrying and rumination
What is Anxiety?
Increased heart rate, seizures, nausea.
What are symptoms of withdrawal?
The slang term for withdrawal from stimulants?
What is the crash?
1-800-273-8255
What is the suicide prevention hotline
What are the three main types of responses to stress?
Flight, Fight, Freeze