Exam 18: Treating Substance-Related Disorders

A key premise of the tiered model is that no two people-or their needs and wants-are alike.

What takes place in the TTM of behaviour change?

The federal government also provides direct funding for treatment and rehabilitation to five specific categories of people; who are they?

What was among the earliest harm reduction strategies to begin in the 1960s?

The behavioural strategy called relapse prevention uses which of the following approach(s)?

Which statement does NOT describe the purpose of the stage of change model?

In what city will you locate Canada's first supervised injection site?

In the stages of change action stage, the former substance user needs to consolidate gains so as not to relapse.

According to the facts presented throughout the text, approximately how many Canadians may meet the diagnostic criteria for being dependent on or having abused alcohol and other drugs?

Give a brief description of the Alcoholics Anonymous approach to "treating" alcohol-dependent people including some of the underlying philosophy. What do we know about the effectiveness of this approach?

Antabuse is to alcohol as methadone is to which of the following?

Across all disorders, men were more likely than women to have a co-occurring mental disorder.

Because of the potential danger of alcohol withdrawal symptoms, what is administered to treat or often prevent these symptoms?

Approximately what percentage of individuals seeking help for addictions also has a mental health disorder?

Most common form of treatment for opioid dependence is rapid opioid detoxification.

What do the vending machines for drug users in Vancouver's downtown eastside provide?

If Mathew lacks the serious goal to undergo change in the foreseeable future, then in which of the following stage of change is he in?

According to the stage of change model, if an individual does not acknowledge a substance problem, then in which stage of change would they be in?

What was the intention or goal, when in 2008, the National Treatment Strategy Working Group released a document entitled A Systems Approach to Substance Use in Canada: Recommendations for a National Treatment Strategy?

Every year hundreds of thousands of Canadians undergo treatment for substance-related disorders, substance abuse, and addictions. In Nova Scotia alone, how many youth sought specialized addiction treatment services and supports in the province?