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What is Denial?
The defense mechanism that involves escaping unpleasant, anxiety-causing thoughts, feelings, wishes or needs by ignoring their existence
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What is Resiliency?
A term that refers to positive adaptation or the ability to maintain or regain mental health despite adversity
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What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
CAM stands for this
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What is Tolerance?
It takes a higher dose of the drug to achieve the same affect achieved initially.
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What is a Benzodiazepine?
Lorazepam is this type of medication
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What is Severe Anxiety?
The type of anxiety the person experiences scattered attention, and feels problem-solving is impossible?
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What is EMDR?
A therapy is evidence-based used to treat children and adults by professionals with advanced training
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What are Natural Products?
Type of products that include herbal medicine and probiotics
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What is Schedule I or heroin?
These drugs have a high potential for abuse and have no acceptable medical use.
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What is Clonidine?
Used for treating hyperarousal and intrusive symptoms
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What is Separation Anxiety Disorder?
Developmentally inappropriate levels of concern over being away from a significant other
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What is MDMA or Ecstasy?
Drug the FDA is conducting a clinical trial
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What is Exercise?
A mind/body approach that alters the levels of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine
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What is the reward Center?
The neurotransmitter dopamine plays an important role in this part of the brain.
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What is Paroxetine?
A drug that can be used for any of the anxiety disorders
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What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Disorder characterized by excessive worry
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What are Sertraline and Paroxetine?
The FDA has approved two drugs for the treatment of PTSD
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What is Homeopathy?
An example of Western alternative medicine of specially prepared plant extracts to stimulate the body’s defense mechanisms and healing processes
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What is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome?
People with heavy alcohol use over many years may experience this condition.
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What is Narcan?
This medication is used to treat a patient with an opioid overdose.
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What are Obsessions?
Defined as thoughts, impulses or images that persist and recur so that they cannot be dismissed from the mind even though the individual attempts to do so
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What is Acute Stress Disorder?
A disorder that develops after exposure to a highly traumatic event where symptoms develop and persist for at least three days
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What is Yoga?
A mind/body approach physically strengthens and emotionally relaxes people
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What is Cannabis?
This drug can be detected in drug testing up to four weeks after use.
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What is Buprenorphine?
This medication is used to help people reduce or quit their use of heroin or opiates.
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