Exam 15: Prevention of Substance Abuse

Which type of intervention is substance abuse treatment basically equivalent to?

Under which category would a program that reduces the likelihood of relapse among former heroin abusers fit?

Who is one of the strongest proponents of the sociocultural model of prevention?

Alcohol abusers would be the ones most likely to respond to increases in prices.

Prevention has consistently been given high priority by professionals over the years.

Only in which case should society allow the serving of alcohol,according to Rupert Wilkinson?

In what year was Canada's Anti-Drug Strategy launched?

What percentage of school systems in Canada and the United States have embraced the DARE program?

What prevention program was initiated to work in conjunction with the trend that started in the 1980s?

Affect-oriented prevention programs typically involve the exploration of one's own needs and beliefs regarding drugs.

The goals of tertiary prevention are to avoid further deterioration of individuals' functioning.

The most common substance-abuse prevention interventions have been education and the use of schools.

Briefly identify and describe several contemporary topics and programs in primary and secondary prevention in Canada.

Parents have NOT been used in prevention programs because,too often,they are the problem.

One problem with alcohol education programs is that they focus on children when they are too young to form attitudes about alcohol.

Which type of intervention is the early identification of drug problems central to?

Evaluations of programs that focus on developing alternatives to drug use have NOT revealed any particular benefits in terms of substance use behaviour.

In the context of alcohol-use and tobacco problems,what model has been the dominant prevention strategy in the U.S.?

Which is NOT a category included in the principles of drug abuse prevention?

NIDA's Principles of Drug Abuse Prevention suggests different targets for prevention efforts for different stages of schooling from preschool through high school.