Deck 8: Preventing and Treating Drug Use

Question 1

Which drug use prevention model assumes that young people who have high self-esteem will not use drugs?

A) the information model
B) the affective model
C) the persuasive model
D) the social influence model

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Behavior modification is a treatment approach based on _____________.

A) psychological theory
B) learning theory
C) psychoanalytic theory
D) sociological theory

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Associations between several risk and protective factors and problematic drug use among young people are _______________________.

A) unknown
B) well established
C) causal
D) affective factors

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which drug use prevention model assumes that students will develop negative attitudes that will deter them from using drugs?

A) the information model
B) the affective model
C) the persuasive model
D) the social influence model

Question 5

The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) approach of using public confession and commitment and mutual aid concepts can be found in a number of _____ century temperance organizations.

A) 17^th
B) 18^th
C) 19^th
D) 20^th

Question 6

Drug testing first appeared in the _______ as a part of methadone maintenance programs.

A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s

Question 7

The _________ Model of substance abuse treatment consists of residential treatment followed by living in a halfway house with "recovery employment" in a low-wage job.

A) Florida
B) Georgia
C) California
D) New York

Question 8

Heroin addicts typically enter treatment when _______________.

A) ordered by a court
B) as a medical intervention necessitated by a health crisis
C) their habit is too expensive to support
D) encouraged to do so by family members

Question 9

Opiates were once presented as a cure for ______________.

A) morphine addiction
B) alcohol dependence
C) heroin addiction
D) cocaine addiction

Question 10

The process of withdrawal from heroin addiction through the use of diminishing doses of methadone takes approximately __________________.

A) seven to ten days
B) four to seven days
C) two to three weeks
D) thirty days

Question 11

Methadone is _________________.

A) a morphine derivative
B) a wholly synthetic narcotic
C) extracted from sea crustaceans
D) both naturally and synthetically produced

Question 12

J. Cohen suggests that drug education often is __________ because it is not based on the educational principles that underlie the teaching of other subjects, and it tends to skew and censor information.

A) ineffective
B) actually propaganda, not education
C) more political than educational
D) all of the above

Question 13

Cocaine was offered as a cure for ________________.

A) alcohol dependence
B) opiate addiction
C) heroin addiction
D) morphine addiction

Question 14

The most famous of the self-proclaimed doctors whose questionable "cures" for drug dependency enabled them to become quite wealthy was _____________.

A) Methadone pioneer Marie Nyswander
B) Georgia farm boy Charles B. Towns
C) Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill Wilson
D) U.S. Department of Agriculture chief chemist Harvey W. Wiley

Question 15

With the passage of the _______________ "drug testing also became a standard feature in the workplace as a way to measure worker productivity and to ensure public safety"

A) Drug Free Workplace Act
B) Drug Free School Act
C) Drug Free Employee Testing Act
D) Drug Free Environment Act

Question 16

Psychoanalysis is _________________.

A) widely used to treat substance abusers
B) used about as frequently as other therapeutic approaches to treat substance abusers
C) rarely used to treat substance abusers
D) not used to treat substance abusers

Question 17

Which drug use prevention model assumes that young people lack the skills to make rational choices and that if they had these skills, they would not use drugs?

A) the information model
B) the affective model
C) the persuasive model
D) the social influence model

Question 18

Chemical detoxification for heroin reduces the addict's tolerance so that _____________.

A) his or her psychological cravings diminish
B) the high can be enjoyed once again at an affordable price
C) withdrawal symptoms do not become physiologically debilitating
D) all of these

Question 19

Methadone's success in treating some heroin abusers can be explained in terms of _________.

A) learning
B) positive conditioning
C) motivational factors
D) behaviorism

Question 20

The first medication approved by the FDA for dealing with alcohol dependence is __________.

A) Buprenorphine
B) Campral
C) Antabuse
D) Naltroxone

Question 21

Youngsters who have the greatest knowledge about drugs are the least likely to use drugs.

Question 22

About _____ percent of major U.S. companies administer pre-employment drug tests.

A) 61
B) 64
C) 67
D) 70

Question 23

In ________________ treatment patients are usually first relaxed, then given repeated exposure to a graded hierarchy of anxiety-producing stimuli (real or imaginal) to provide a form of immunity.

A) desensitization
B) detoxification
C) aversive
D) cognitive behavior

Question 24

_______________ is a generic term for residential, self-help, drug-free treatment programs that have some common characteristics.

A) Therapeutic community
B) Drug Court
C) Self-help community
D) Drug-Free Community

Question 25

_________________ therapy strives to have drug abusers understand their cravings and to develop coping skills.

A) desensitization
B) detoxification
C) aversive
D) cognitive behavior

Question 26

Contemporary treatment programs typically begin with detoxification.

Question 27

Attempting to directly persuade a client to change will be ________ because it entails taking one side of the conflict that the client is already experiencing.

A) ineffective
B) fruitless
C) effective
D) simple

Question 28

More than ________ AA groups are registered in the United States.

A) 40,000
B) 45,000
C) 50,000
D) 55,000

Question 29

Reducing the demand for drugs of abuse has been the goal of coercive legislation and education.

Question 30

__________ is about good rapport and a positive working environment.

A) Sympathy
B) Empathy
C) Happiness
D) Positivity

Question 31

There are self-help programs for drug users based on the 12 step approach, such as __________.

A) Drugs Anonymous
B) Heroin Anonymous
C) Substances Anonymous
D) Narcotics Anonymous

Question 32

Chemical dependency units are normally short-term, lasting only ________ days.

A) 28 to 30
B) 18 to 20
C) 24 to 26
D) 30 to 32

Question 33

A prominent feature of the therapeutic community has been the stiff __________.

A) competition
B) entry requirements
C) program requirements
D) expectations

Question 34

The four dominant models of school-based antidrug programs are the information model, the affective model, the persuasive model, and the social influence model.

Question 35

_____________________therapy involves the conscious and disciplined use of specific communication principles and strategies to evoke the person's own motivations for change.

A) desensitization
B) motivational interviewing
C) aversive
D) cognitive behavior

Question 36

While drug courts were originally a response to criminal justice ________, they subsequently became part of a therapeutic jurisprudence.

A) underfunding
B) reform
C) policy changes
D) overcrowding

Question 37

The first drug court was established in Miami in 1989 by _________________.

A) judicial order
B) legislative action
C) gubernatorial decree
D) public vote

Question 38

Cognitive approaches in general ___________________.

A) teach abusers to understand their cravings and to develop coping skills
B) focus on the psychological causes of substance abuse
C) are long-term approaches, typically lasting six to twelve months
D) all of these

Question 39

Many or most programs that purport to treat specific types of substance abuse are not based on a ________ approach to such problems.

A) scientific
B) valid
C) proven
D) tested

Question 40

The majority of major U.S. companies administer pre-employment drug tests.

Question 41

_________ factors are associated with reduced potential for drug use.

Question 42

Discuss the three dominant models of school-based antidrug programs.

Question 43

Addicts who are being maintained on high doses of methadone will go through withdrawal symptoms if they are suddenly switched to _______________.

Question 44

There are more than 20,000 registered _________________ groups holding over 30,000 weekly meetings in more than 100 countries.

Question 45

The AA approach has been criticized because of its emphasis on total abstinence and its lack of research support.

Question 46

Discuss how behavior modification is being used to treat drug addiction.

Question 47

The most widely used agonist, methadone, a wholly synthetic narcotic, was developed in _________ when access to morphine was cut off during World War II.

Question 48

Drug prevention is usually _______________, focusing on drug-related risks in isolation from an understanding of youth culture or the individual lives of young people .

Question 49

Evaluating drug treatment requires a comparison with a similar population that is not being treated or with other programs treating similar populations.

Question 50

The __________ model of drug prevention programming sees young people as easy prey to peer pressure.

Question 51

Psychoanalytically oriented treatment is sometimes referred to as dynamic or clinical.

Question 52

Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the methadone program.

Question 53

AA offers a(n) ______________ explanation for alcohol addiction, and the AA conceptual model is that alcoholism is a disease .

Question 54

The basic theory underlying the group treatment approach is that __________ interactions are more powerful than therapist-patient interactions in the one-to-one situation.

Question 55

Discuss protective factors and risk factors associated with the potential for drug use.

Question 56

Behavior modification is a treatment approach based on learning theory.

Question 57

Drug courts include an adversarial approach to integrating substance abuse treatment with criminal justice case processing.