Exam 17: Substance Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Change

Those who are most determined to stay clean and sober are those who actively avoid situations that increase the possibility of relapse.

An individual who abuses heroin and frequently smokes marijuana is referred to as a __________.

The usual minimal time for an individual to be drug-free in the maintenance stage is __________.

It is illegal for drug paraphernalia to be __________.

The drug prevention strategy of supply reduction may entail reducing the accessibility of a substance or increasing its cost.

Dual-diagnosis patients frequently participate in the practice of __________.

According to the text, the number of youth committing drug-related offences is __________ and the number of youth charged with a drug offence is __________.

An individual in the contemplation stage of change often sets a specific "quit date."

Enabling behaviour is a result of __________.

According to federal drug trafficking law, which schedule of controlled substances is penalized most severely?

A minor, almost totally irrelevant goal of incarceration is deterrence.

In order to maximize success, a treatment program should follow all but which of the following guidelines?

Avoiding and shielding are two forms of enabling behaviour.

Define the biopsychosocial model of drug-abuse treatment. Take a specific drug-abuse condition and describe how a biopsychosocial model might be applied to its treatment.

EAP stands for the slogan "enhance all prevention."

Contemplation and preparation are stages of change that occur after a family's acceptance of drug abuse.

Which of the following is an example of a polydrug abuser?

Analogy: A business is to an EAP as __________ is to a MAP.

Family dynamics in drug abuse refers to interpersonal behaviours of __________.

Programs like Smart Serve that educate servers on when to limit alcohol consumption are an example of supply reduction.