What is the DSM 5
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition), shortened to DSM-5, is the guide used by clinicians to diagnose mental health conditions. It’s published by a professional body called the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and updated as new research emerges. The fifth edition is the most current iteration and was released in 2013.
define triggers
Alcohol use triggers are events, people, places, social interactions, situations, and emotions that make a recovering addict feel the need for and then actually reach out for a drink. Yielding to triggers is the first step that for many people marks the start of the road to relapse.
What does it mean by relapse is a process
It typically starts with behaviors and actions weeks and months prior to the actual intake.
define defense mechanisms
This is the hormone that stabilizes our mood
seratonin
How many Criteria are there for a Substance use Disorder?
11
define dry drunk
expression that describes an alcoholic who no longer drinks but otherwise maintains the same behavior patterns of an alcoholic
who has helped people that relapsed for almost a hundred years
Alcoholics Anonymous
Define Regression
When adult defense mechanisms stop working for us, we regress to a personality we had at childhood
This hormone plays on our reward centers. I do this I feel happy so i will do it again
Dopamine
How many criteria for a SUD Mild
2-3
Finish this phrase "if you hang out in a barber shop long enough...'
you are gonna get a hair cut
Working on these three things can help with relapse prevention
Mind, Body, Spirit
Define repression
As my tolerance increases this happens to my neurotransmitters.
The get used to having alcohol and need more to feel the same effect.
How many criteria for SUD moderate?
4-5
These can typically help a person justify their use after being triggered
Defense mechanisms
These are dangerous situations that one may find themselves in that could lead to relapse.
High Risk Situations
Define Denial
How do you build up tolerance.
By continued use
How many criteria for a SUD Severe?
6 or more
Define HALT
Hungry Angry Lonely Tired main triggers associated with relapse
Define Apparently Irrelevant Decisions
series of covert decisions or choices, each of them seemingly inconsequential, which in combination set the person up for situations with overwhelmingly high risk.
Define minimizing
Helps
to reduce the emotional discomfort that might come – helps the abuser feel
better about themselves
These can play in to factors contributing my tolerance
Family history of addiction. Addiction to other chemicals such as pain medication.