Exam 15: Treatment of Substance-Use Disorders

__________ involves the medical management of alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

Antabuse is thought to be effective because it creates a learned aversion to alcohol.

Narcotics Anonymous evolved with a concentration on ________

__________ is an educational movement that is based on cognitive-behavioral principles and the Addiction Voice Recognition Technique.

__________ is the last stage of the stages of change model.

Alcohol and drug treatment that most people receive today is empirically supported by research evidence.

________ differs from AA in that there is no emphasis on spirituality or a higher power.

What is typically the first step in the substance abuse treatment process?

In a recent study in Canada,heroin addicts who failed in methadone treatment were successful when prescribed _________.

Taxation of beverage alcohol would be an example of an intervention based on the __________ model.

According to the stages of change model,individuals in the __________ stage often have not acknowledged a problem.

More people resolve their substance abuse problems through ___________ than any other way.

An important antidrug drug used to treat opiate dependence is __________,an opiate antagonist.

Individuals in the __________ stage are typically on the edge of taking action to change.

Drug therapeutic communities are most often run by __________.

According to the __________ model,treatment includes arranging a person's environment so that nonabuse of psychoactive substances is reinforced.

Why is it difficult to assess the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?

In the _________ model,individuals are seen as personally responsible for problems they incur from their drug and alcohol use.

The treatment most clearly implied from the __________ model is to advise at risk people of their risk for developing a substance use disorder and perhaps to counsel them to avoid alcohol or drugs.

_________ is a pharmacotherapy for alcoholism that affects the NMDA receptor and the metabotropic glutamate receptors.