Deck 1: Why Worry About Substance Misuse or Substance Use Disorders

Question 1

According to your text, use of which of the following substances has remained fairly constant in society, despite widespread knowledge of their dangers and the various types of tolls these drugs can bring?

A)Alcohol and tobacco
B)Marijuana and LSD
C)Cocaine and heroin
D)Anabolic steroids and inhalants

Answer 1

Alcohol and tobacco

Question 2

The majority of nursing schools required only hours of instruction on alcohol and drug abuse content during students' entire undergraduate careers.

A)1 go 5
B)6 to 10
C)20
D)40 to 46

Answer 2

1 go 5

Question 3

Each day in the United States, approximately people will try an illicit drug for the first time.

A)2,000
B)4,000
C)8,000
D)10,000

Answer 3

8,000

Question 4

The direct and indirect cost of substance use disorders totals percent of the average state's budget.

A)5
B)10
C)15
D)20

Question 5

Around the world, heroin accounts for percent of opiate use disorders.

A)just over 70
B)right around 50
C)slightly less than 30
D)under 10

Question 6

As a hospital administrator, you would expect that percent of admissions to the hospital would be related to alcohol use/misuse.

A)5
B)15
C)25
D)35-40

Question 7

Adults with substance use disorders are more likely to physically abuse and/or neglect their children than their non- abusing peers.

Question 8

Women are more likely to develop an alcohol abuse disorder than men.

Question 9

Drug use disorders are the leading cause of death in adults around the world.

A)thirrd
B)fourth
C)sixth
D)eightth

Question 10

The number of people in the United States who use cocaine has in recent years.

A)doubled
B)gone down
C)tripled
D)stayed stable

Question 11

For most individuals, experimentation with the illicit use of drugs

A)occurs only once.
B)initiates a slow, but inevitable, advance into addiction.
C)runs a course of use that usually lasts 5-10 years.
D)lasts for less than a year.

Question 12

The most commonly used drug in the world is .

A)methamphetamine
B)marijuana
C)nicotine
D)alcohol

Question 13

What percentage of psychiatric hospital admissions are not associated with drug or alcohol abuse?

A)15-20 %
B)8-10 %
C)25-30 %
D)25-50 %

Question 14

According to Leamon, et al.(2008), at least percent of the world's population has used at least one psychoactive substance at some point in their lives.

A)5
B)25
C)50
D)75

Question 15

What percent of the entire world population between 15 and 64 years of age has abused an illicit substance at least once in 2014?

A)3%
B)21%
C)53%
D)74%

Question 16

Which of the following should be included on a list of the indirect costs of the "war on drugs?"

A)the costs of incarcerating those convicted of drug-related offenses.
B)providing healthcare for the families of those convicted of drug-related offenses.
C)costs associated with prevention and treatment.
D)all of these answers are correct.

Question 17

What percent of physicians in the United States believe they are adequately trained to treat substance abusers?

A)30%
B)More than %
C)17%
D)Less than 20 %

Question 18

Nearly million people in the United States smoke cigarettes.

A)30
B)45
C)60
D)100

Question 19

Estimates suggest that alcohol use disorders cost the world economy about each year.

A)$375 billion
B)$264 billion
C)$600 billion
D)880 million

Question 20

The annual estimated economic impact of alcohol use disorders in the United States is thought to be

A)$98 million per year.
B) $$250 billionC)$$ 1.1 trillion
D)$1.5 trillion

Question 21

Discuss the statistics of how substance use disorders are involved with those who are admitted to hospitals in a given year, focusing on a variety of different substances.

Question 22

Describe the tactics politicians use to hide the true cost of the "war" on drugs.

Question 23

Describe some of the shortcomings in the training of various healthcare workers regarding the identification and treatment of substance abuse disorders (substance use disorders).

Question 24

Contrast the historical patterns seen with alcohol/tobacco use with that of the general patterns of use of illicit substances in the U.S.

Question 25

Alcohol is thought to contribute to approximately of all motor vehicle accidents.

A)40%
B)60%
C)30%
D)50%

Question 26

How do Substance Use Disorders (substance use disorders) contribute to the rise in healthcare costs?

Question 27

The majority of psychologists surveyed reported regarding the identification or treatment of addictions.

A)no formal training
B)confidence
C)being comfortable
D)felt adequately prepared coming out of graduate school

Question 28

Discuss the costs of alcohol use/abuse/addiction in general economic terms and in healthcare expenditures, providing information for both the United States and the World.

Question 29

In the United States, the number of deaths resulting from illicit drug use are those from legal substance use.

A)much higher than
B)statistically the same as
C)more numerous than
D)only a fraction of

Question 30

Annually, one in of all deaths in the U.S.can be directly traced to smoking-related illnesses.

A)ten
B)three
C)five
D)two

Question 31

The majority of undergraduate nursing programs require of instruction on alcohol and drug abuse content.

A)one semester
B)a single course
C)several weeks
D)1 to 5 clock hours