What percentage of medical students meet the criteria for diagnosis of alcohol abuse?
a. 11 percent
b. 18 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 32 percent
Vernon Johnson believed an addicted person
a. needed to hit bottom before an intervention could be effective.
b. did not need to hit bottom before agreeing to go to treatment.
c. would never be able to understand the reality of his/her addiction.
d. must be made to promise to never use again.
Which of the following is NOT one of the consequences of prenatal exposure to
amphetamines?
a. Visual cortex dysfunction
b. Facial abnormalities
c. Premature birth
d. Congenital brain lesions
The anti-inflammatory effects of ibuprofen
a. appear just as rapidly as those of aspirin.
b. are more rapidly achieved than those of aspirin.
c. require 3 days to begin to appear.
d. require 2-4 weeks of use to appear.
The “war on drugs” has been shown to be a dismal failure, though your text claims
a. there is still a strong belief it will work.
b. nobody wants to admit this in public.
c. for a few billion dollars more, we can win the war on drugs.
d. marijuana abuse by high school seniors is only 80 percent of what it was a decade
ago.
Of those who smoke, as many as ______ are addicted to nicotine.
a. 25-30 percent
b. 50-55 percent
c. 75-80 percent
d. 90-95 percent
The term ‘skin popping” used by some drug addicts refers to the _______ route of drug
administration.
a. subcutaneous
b. intravenous
c. transdermal
d. enteral
Which of the following is NOT a steroidrelated effect?
a. Reduced heart size
b. Severe acne
c. Tendon degeneration
d. Foul breath
Abuse of cocaine and the amphetamine compounds can lead to behaviors that are
excellent examples of
a. systemic violence.
b. pharmacological violence.
c. economic violence.
d. revenge violence for unpaid drug debts.
It has been theorized that the effectiveness of the “adult children of alcoholics” group is
due to the
a. size of the group, since larger groups provide more people to share feedback with the
afflicted group members.
b. application of techniques once relegated to the “pop” psychology realm.
c. willingness of the group members to accept insights offered to them by others in the
group.
d. placebo effect.
Some of the barriers to treatment of homeless individuals with SUDs include
a. difficulty obtaining prescription medications.
b. difficulty keeping appointments.
c. medical problems.
d. all of these answers.
One major disadvantage of paper-and-pencil screening instruments is that they are
a. expensive and labor intensive.
b. inexpensive but labor intensive.
c. vulnerable to attempts at deception.
d. more threatening to the client than face-to-face interviews.
Each person infected with TB will expose ______additional people to the infection.
a. 1-5
b. 5-10
c. 10-15
d. 15-20
A woman who has an alcohol use disorder is _____times as likely to commit suicide as
a woman who does not drink, or who drinks socially.
a. 20
b. 23
c. 19
d. 40
The use of aspirin in the treatment of myocardial infarction is most effective
a. if consumed in high doses.
b. if consumed in low doses.
c. when used with a diuretic agent.
d. when initiated in the first 48 hours of the attack.
“Insufflation” is a technical term for the process of
a. causing the price of illicit cocaine to go up.
b. causing the heart rate to go up after cocaine is injected.
c. ‘snorting” cocaine powder.
d. mixing cocaine with water for intravenous injection.
The half-life of cocaine is thought to be
a. 4-5 hours.
b. 30-90 minutes.
c. 20 minutes.
d. dependent on the method by which it is administered.
In an interesting social experiment, 75 million “baby boomers” are now reaching
retirement age and ___________, according to your text.
a. it is not clear whether they will want to immediately retire
b. it is not clear whether they will continue to push for the legalization of marijuana
c. estimates suggest that the alcohol use disorders are the third most common
psychiatric diagnosis for this age cohort
d. it is not clear whether they will remain liberal in their voting patterns or become
more conservative as they age
Rhonda reached puberty at age 10. According to your text, she is at a higher risk of
developing a SUDs than Judy, who reached puberty at 13.
a. True
b. False
The “gateway” theory of substance abuse
a. has been accepted as proven fact.
b. has been challenged but has survived these challenges to be accepted by most mental
health professionals.
c. is still open to debate.
d. applies only to children under the age of 14.
Methylphenidate
a. is not very effective as an antidepressant.
b. is very effective as an antidepressant.
c. can increase sedation caused by some antidepressants.
d. is used to treat acute psychotic reactions.
The Minnesota model relies heavily on
a. religious guidance.
b. scientific data of best practices.
c. the AA model.
d. court-ordered patients.
What over-the-counter analgesic is usually suggested for people with hypertension?
a. Acetaminophen
b. Aspirin
c. Ibuprofen
d. Naproxen
Because of developmental immaturity in the liver and organs of elimination, the
neonatal withdrawal syndrome for short- and intermediate-acting barbiturates
a. usually starts 10-14 days after delivery.
b. usually starts within the first 4 days following delivery.
c. requires exposure to barbiturate residue in maternal breast milk to be triggered.
d. is only seen if the mother has been abusing short-term barbiturates, as long-acting
compounds are self- tapering and thus not a problem.
Cocaine induced cardiac problems
a. follow a fairly predictable pattern of plaque buildup breakdown, leaving the vein wall
weakened and vulnerable to rupture.
b. do not follow a recognized pattern.
c. are seen only in younger abusers of cocaine whose hearts are not used to sudden
stress.
d. are seen only in older abusers, who have impaired blood flow through cerebral
arteries.
Which of the following theories/hypotheses purports that the brain’s neural pathways
are constantly rewiring themselves in response to environmental changes?
a. Biological vulnerability hypothesis
b. Individual responsibility theory
c. Dopamine D2 receptor site hypothesis
d. Theory of neuroplasticity
According to your text, use of which of the following substances has remained fairly
stable in society?
a. Alcohol and tobacco
b. Marijuana and LSD
c. Cocaine and heroin
d. Anabolic steroids and inhalants
Following treatment, the average medical cost for a substance abuser/addict has been
found to fall from $750 a month to
a. $300.
b. $500.
c. $150.
d. $200.
Women using hormone-based birth control
a. will require longer periods of time to biotransform a given amount of alcohol than a
woman who had ingested the same amount of alcohol but was not using such birth
control.
b. will be able to biotransform alcohol as rapidly as a woman who had ingested the
same amount of alcohol but was not using hormone based birth control.
c. will biotransform alcohol slightly more rapidly than a woman who had ingested the
same amount of alcohol but was not using hormone based birth control.
d. tend to feel less discomfort during alcohol withdrawal, which is to say they are less
likely to experience a “hangover” the next day.
The English word “opium” can be traced to _______ and means “poppy juice.”
a. Latin
b. Greek
c. Old English (used prior to 1300 a.d.)
d. India
A distorted sense of time is usually associated with a _______ of phencyclidine.
a. high dose of PCP (10 mg or higher)
b. oral dose
c. low dose of PCP (1-5 mg)
d. intermediate level dose (5-10 mg)
Humans seem to be the only animals with a propensity towards using mind-altering
substances.
a. True
b. False
The standard definition of “intervention” is
a. a hardhitting, choreographed, confrontation of the client’s denial about his or her
substance use in an attempt to get him or her to cut back on the amount consumed.
b. the threat of divorce by a spouse who has reached his or her limit after the partner’s
repeated periods of substance use.
c. multiple arrests for substance-related crimes.
d. still waiting to be developed.
Brain scans have provided researchers with a reliable way to prove that SUDs are brain
diseases.
a. True
b. False
Barbiturates are helpful to people with ADHD.
a. True
b. False