Recovery Skills
A plan which describes your triggers, high risk situations, sources of support, strengths, and coping skills (for example) is called:
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan
A disease that effects a person’s brain and behavior resulting in symptoms such as: uncontrollable cravings, loss of control, psychological and physical dependence, continued use despite impacts on functioning (for example).
What is Substance Use Disorder (or addiction)
Healthy techniques or tools which assist with tolerating, minimizing, and dealing with distressing situations or emotions:
What are Coping Skills
This stage of change is characterized by deciding to stop using. The individual is making a plan to change, scheduling appointments for treatment, addressing barriers, is ready and committed to stop using.
What is Preparation Stage of Change
What is Mindfulness
Some high risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. What acronym can help you remember these?
What is HALT
__________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance use/addiction.
What is Dopamine
Having a diagnosed mental health disorder and a diagnosed substance use disorder, independent of each other, is also called:
What is a Co-Occurring Disorder
This stage of change is when a person is able to sustain their changed behavior over a period of time (roughly 6 months).
What is the Maintenance Stage of Change
Name that skill: an identified network or group of people who offer assistance, whom you can contact in the face of thoughts/cravings to use, or to just speak with when you need them
What is Social Support/Support Network
Name that skill: When having a thought/urge/craving, think about what will happen or the specific consequences and following events after you were to use the substance.
What is Playing the Tape Through
__________ refers to the symptoms that occur when a substance-dependent person abruptly stops taking the substance and experiences symptoms such as: chills, runny nose, seizures, vomiting.
___________ refer to the cluster of ongoing symptoms, which are largely psychological and mood related, that can continue for months to years after a person stops using a substance. (E.g sleep disturbances, memory difficulties, increased irritability)
What is Withdrawal Syndrome
What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)
What are the two most common mental health issues found among individuals with a substance use disorder?
What are Anxiety Disorders and Mood Disorders (Depression/Bipolar Disorders)
John has been consuming 5-7 alcoholic beverages daily for the past 3 years, has lost two jobs due to his drinking, and experiences nausea and tremors when not using alcohol. John has recently considered that his drinking may be a problem, but is ambivalent about not drinking and going to treatment. John recognizes that his drinking has caused him to lose jobs, have negative side effects when he doesn’t use, but isn’t sure that stopping use is really necessary. He researches symptoms of an alcohol use disorder and how to recover, and starts to think of the pros and cons of his use. What stage of change might John be in?
What is the Contemplation Stage of Change
Name that skill from the example: take a moment to think about a relaxing location. Maybe you’re on a warm beach or alone at the top of a mountain. Next, envision the details of the scene through your senses: what do you see, smell, hear? Really picture the environment around you.
What is Imagery
A treatment option which involves working with a prescriber to manage urges/cravings to use substances
What is Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamine, and other substances when taken for longer periods can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions called:
What is Psychosis (or substance-induced psychosis)
What is another name for any type of medication capable of affecting the mind, emotions, or behavior of an individual; prescribed for mental health symptoms/disorders.
What is Psychotropic Medication
This stage of change involves an individual who has maintained sobriety for a sustained period of time falling back to substance use and addictive thinking/behaviors.
What is Relapse Stage of Change
Name that skill: a technique that involves tensing and then relaxing muscle groups one by one to assist with relaxation.
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
An important part of recovery following PHP/IOP is participation in an after-care plan. What are at least 3 components of an after-care plan?
Some examples: Setting up appointments with your PCP, identifying and OP individual therapist, medication management, outside support meetings, goal setting for: maintaining sobriety, managing mental health, family and relationships, occupation
The Bio-Psycho-Social model of addiction discussed biological, psychological, and social factors which may influence the development of a substance use disorder. Name 2 examples of factors from each category (Bio., Psycho., and Social):
Biological: Genetics, Birth Complications, Disease/other illness
Psychological: Childhood Influences, Anxiety/Depression or other mental health, Attachment, Unmet Psychological Needs
Social: Education/Employment (SES), Social Norms, Environment Influences, Upbringing
___ in ___ American Adults experienced a mental health disorder in 2019. (E.g 3 in 10).
What is 1 in 5
Mary’s husband is concerned that her cocaine use is a problem. Mary uses cocaine daily, spends large amounts of money buying cocaine, has begun using while at work, and can’t seem to stop using on her own. When confronted, Mary denies that her use is a problem, telling her husband that he is exaggerating. She says that she only uses to help her feel energized and manage her sleep difficulties. What stage of change is Mary likely in?
What is Precontemplation Stage of Change
Name that skill: identifying irrational or unhealthy thoughts, emotions they make you feel, behaviors that follow. Then, replacing that irrational thought with a new, rational thought, identifying how the new thought makes you feel, and in turn how it impacts your behavior
What is Thought Reframing