Deck 15: Substance Abuse Treatment

Question 1

Research shows that a major benefit of drug courts is that

A) more people are rearrested and convicted
B) fewer people are rearrested and convicted
C) less police are needed to oversee illegal drug distribution
D) less treatment facilities are needed

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following are benefits of drug treatment?

A) Less expensive than incarceration
B) Illicit drug use is reduced
C) Criminal activity declines
D) All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Hospital-based drug treatment programs are referred to as

A) outpatient programs
B) therapeutic communities
C) self-help programs
D) inpatient programs

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following contributes to relapse among alcoholics?

A) Negative emotional states
B) Interpersonal conflicts
C) Social pressure
D) All of the above

Question 5

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an example of

A) an outpatient facility
B) an inpatient facility
C) a self-help group
D) a therapeutic community

Question 6

Methadone maintenance is effective for the treatment of ________addiction only.

A) morphine
B) codeine
C) heroin
D) LAAM

Question 7

The U.S.Public Health Service hospital-based approach to drug treatment was said to be ineffective because of the

A) location of the hospitals
B) lack of personnel
C) high relapse rate of people released
D) lack of funding

Question 8

When drug treatment was initiated in the United States, the focus was mainly on

A) cocaine
B) opiates
C) alcohol
D) amphetamines

Question 9

A medically-supervised program designed to gradually withdraw addicts from the drug on which they are physically dependent is termed

A) abstinence
B) detoxification
C) a therapeutic community approach
D) rehabilitation

Question 10

The NIMBY syndrome presents itself when discussing

A) drug treatment
B) landfills
C) jails
D) all of the above

Question 11

Methadone treatment does not eliminate

A) poverty
B) psychological problems
C) illegal drug use
D) all of the above

Question 12

To help individuals overcome their dependency on opiates, Freud experimented on his patients with ________.

A) codeine
B) cocaine
C) amphetamines
D) LSD

Question 13

Drug-free residential settings where drug abusers reside for a year or two are called

A) therapeutic communities
B) detox centers
C) half-way houses
D) inpatient facilities

Question 14

For nonviolent drug offenders whose underlying problem is substance use, drug treatment courts combine the power of the judicial system with what component?

A) Effective treatment services
B) Constant supervision
C) Incarceration
D) Denial of driver's license

Question 15

The most common form of community drug abuse treatment is done

A) inpatient
B) outpatient
C) in therapeutic communities
D) through spontaneous remission

Question 16

Most people in drug treatment are

A) age 20-45 white males
B) age 20-45 white females
C) age 40-65 white males
D) age 40-65 white females

Question 17

LAAM is a long-acting

A) morphine
B) codeine
C) methadone
D) heroin

Question 18

Recruiting and retaining staff in treatment programs is difficult because

A) of intense demands
B) most are addicts themselves
C) most reject authority
D) all of the above

Question 19

Criticisms of AA include which of the following?

A) AA oppresses the symptoms of alcoholism, not the underlying cause.
B) AA advocates that alcoholism is a disease.
C) AA is rigid in its beliefs.
D) All of the above are criticisms of AA.

Question 20

Therapeutic communities stress

A) psychoanalysis
B) psychotherapeutic drugs
C) social drinking
D) encounter groups

Question 21

Secular Organizations for Sobriety and Rational Recovery systems would most likely be used by

A) professionals
B) very religious people
C) medical personnel who have drug problems
D) atheists

Question 22

People in treatment are more likely to be employed.

Question 23

When alcoholics are taught to drink moderately, the approach is referred to as

A) the social drinking model
B) the moderate drinking model
C) the controlled drinking model
D) the rational approach model

Question 24

Moderation management is an example of

A) NA
B) detoxification
C) AA
D) controlled drinking model

Question 25

The goals of a drug treatment program will differ if drug abuse is viewed as a medical problem versus a personality problem.

Question 26

Women in drug treatment have a significantly lower rate of eating disorders than women in general.

Question 27

The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous focus mainly on which dimension of health?

A) mental
B) emotional
C) spiritual
D) physical

Question 28

Acamprosate is generally administered

A) once a day
B) twice a day
C) several times a day
D) every other day

Question 29

In the long-run, it is more costly to treat drug abuse than to send drug abusers to prison.

Question 30

Most people in drug treatment use more than one drug.

Question 31

It is less costly to prevent drug abuse than to treat drug abuse.

Question 32

Disulfiram is better known as

A) Antabuse
B) naltrexone
C) Valium
D) Librium

Question 33

Drug courts are mainly for nonviolent offenders.

Question 34

The FDA approved naltrexone as an adjunct treatment to prevent

A) relapse
B) toxicity
C) reverse tolerance
D) delirium tremens

Question 35

Disulfiram interferes with the metabolism of alcohol and increases the level of ______in the blood.

A) carbon dioxide
B) water
C) acetic acid
D) acetaldehyde

Question 36

Naltrexone may be most helpful after

A) one year of sobriety
B) identification of a sound support group
C) incarceration
D) detoxification

Question 37

Most young males in drug treatment come from middle-class, socially-advantaged backgrounds.

Question 38

Acamprosate is a drug primarily used to treat

A) alcoholism
B) cocaine addiction
C) heroin addiction
D) inhalant abuse

Question 39

To be drug-dependent does not necessarily mean that a person uses drugs every day.

Question 40

patients and treatments is expensive and generally not worthwhile.

Question 41

No single type of drug treatment applies to every person.

Question 42

A big problem for therapeutic communities is the dropout rate.

Question 43

Twice as many men have alcohol problems as women, but women are four times more likely to get treatment.

Question 44

Recruiting and retaining drug treatment staff is difficult because demands on personnel are intense.

Question 45

Evaluation of outpatient programs demonstrates that they are highly effective.

Question 46

In general, people are in favor of providing treatment for drug abusers but do not want drug treatment centers located in their neighborhoods.

Question 47

Some narcotic addicts indicate that withdrawal from methadone is worse than going "cold turkey."

Question 48

What is the role of the medical model in helping people to stay clean and sober? Do you think detox and rehabilitation have been medicalized too much? Why or why not?

Question 49

Identify and discuss the major strategies or models employed in drug treatment.

Question 50

Members of self-help groups are bound by a common denominator.

Question 51

Therapeutic communities generally view drug abuse as the core problem.

Question 52

Do you support a controlled drinking model or the complete abstinence model for alcoholic abusers who want to stay clean and sober? Defend your answer.

Question 53

Discuss the benefits of drug treatment.

Question 54

Discuss the major underlying causes contributing to drug abuse.

Question 55

Inpatient treatment is no more effective than intensive outpatient treatment.

Question 56

Some therapeutic communities have been referred to as cult-like in their practices? Why do you think these accusations have been made?