Exam 12: Personality Disorders

Where are the natural opioids, enkephalins, and endorphins found?

The drug opiate-antagonist naltrexone is a treatment for substance abuse.How does it work?

Explain the basic assumptions and tenets of the Alcoholics Anonymous model of treatment for alcoholism versus the controlled drinking approach.Referring to recent research into long-term relapse prevention, what conclusions can be drawn about both approaches?

Hallucinogenic symptoms are caused by the effect on which receptors?

Amphetamines have been prescribed to treat numerous conditions and disorders.Which of the following is NOT one of these conditions?

What did DeWit and colleagues (2000) find regarding their study of 6000 lifetime drinkers who drank at an early age (ages 11-14)?

In a study of health inequalities in Canada, smoking prevalence was NOT found to be related to which of the following?

What is the scientist Albert Hoffmann famous for?

What was the Temperance Movement?

Explain the basic assumptions and examples of the harm reduction approach to drug abuse.Discuss fully the controversy surrounding this approach, explaining the positions of both its proponents and critics.

Dylan has been using and abusing marijuana for more than 10 years.He is considering quitting because he has begun to experience which of the following?

Joseph meets the criteria for five symptoms of substance use disorder.What range would he fall under for this disorder?

Lisa has been using crack for about two months now.Although she knows it is destroying her job performance and she has been reprimanded for missing work, she refuses to give it up.She says she can quit whenever she wants to and just uses crack because she enjoys it.She tells others who question her drug use to mind their own business and leave her alone.What is Lisa's level of involvement with the drug?

New research suggests the possibility of creating vaccines that would use the immune system to fight drugs by taking away the pleasurable aspects of the drug.What is another name for these vaccines?

What is the purpose of abstinence in a harm reduction approach to substance abuse?

In trying to understand why some individuals become addicted to drugs and others do not, it is important to consider the negative reinforcement that is associated with the anxiolytic effect.What is the anxiolytic effect?

What factor appears in part to account for the relatively low prevalence of substance abuse in parts of the world like Mexico and Brazil?

Approximately what percentage of Canadians who consume alcohol can be categorized as problem drinkers?

Compare and contrast the stimulant drugs.Discuss the history of cocaine, as well as its atypical type of addictive process.

Candace rarely drinks alcohol, but she became very intoxicated at the office party.That evening she was slurring her speech and did a striptease in front of her boss.Jason has had his driver's licence suspended three times over the past two years for driving while intoxicated, yet he never drinks on the job.Which of the following levels of involvement with alcohol would best apply to Candace and Jason?