Deck 11: Alcohol Use Disorder

Question 1

The goal of abstinence remains the most standard clinical practice for alcoholism treatment in the United States.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Moderation-oriented approaches may be appropriate for individuals with which of the following characteristics: (choose all that apply)

A) Lower levels of dependence and withdrawal
B) Older
C) Medical or physical problems
D) Lower levels of impaired control over drinking

Answer 2

A, D

Question 3

Gender differences in alcohol use emerge during:

A) Early adolescence
B) Late adolescence/early adulthood
C) Middle adulthood
D) Late adulthood

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following factors have been shown to increase risk for alcohol use among adolescents? (choose all that apply)

A) Associating with substance-using peers
B) Parent overinvolvement
C) Decrease in parental monitoring
D) Parental alcohol use at home

Question 5

Which of the following is the period of highest risk for alcohol use disorders?

A) Early adolescence
B) Late adolescence
C) Middle adulthood
D) Late adulthood

Question 6

Which psychological theory used to explain drinking and alcohol dependence suggests that information reflecting the reinforcement value of alcohol, which is acquired as a function of biological, psychological, or environmental risk variables, is stored as memory templates and influences alcohol use and its associated behavioral patterns?

A) Transactive memory theory
B) Social learning theory
C) Information processing theory
D) Expectancy theory

Question 7

Which of the following factors are typically focused on in the social learning theory (SLT) approach to the study of alcohol use disorders?

A) Impulsivity/disinhibition, memory, decision making, risk attitudes
B) Situational triggers, impulsivity/disinhibition, memory, outcome expectancies
C) Situational triggers, coping skills, self-efficacy, outcome expectancies
D) Situational triggers, coping skills, decision making, risk attitudes

Question 8

Which psychosocial theory has been particularly applied to the conceptualization of the relapse process?

A) Personality theory
B) Expectancy theory
C) Social learning theory
D) Tension-reduction theory

Question 9

What were the major changes to the diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder proposed for DSM-V?

A) Moving to a singular alcohol use disorder diagnosis.
B) Removing "legal problems" from the symptom list.
C) Adding "drug craving" to the symptom list.
D) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is the most widely used resource by individuals with alcohol problems?

A) Twelve-step therapies (based on the AA model)
B) Cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT)
C) Motivational enhancement therapy (MET)
D) None of the above

Question 11

Which of the following psychosocial approaches has received strong empirical support and is considered a highly successful treatment for alcohol use disorders?

A) Twelve-step therapies (based on the philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA)
B) Cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT)
C) Motivational enhancement therapy (MET)
D) None of the above

Question 12

Pharmacotherapy is used more often than psychosocial interventions to treat alcoholism.

Question 13

Select the answer that matches a neurotransmitter system particularly implicated in the pharmacological and behavioral effects of alcohol with the associated mechanisms by which it has these effects.

A) Mesolimbic dopamine system; reward and incentive salience mechanisms
B) Mesolimbic dopamine system; stress-response dampening mechanisms
C) Serotonergic system in the raphe nuclei; reward and incentive salience mechanisms
D) Serotonergic system in the raphe nuclei; stress-response dampening mechanisms