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When a stimulant drug wears off and the body withdraws from the extra energy produced by the drug, which of the following occurs?

1.) The user becomes exhausted 2.) Emotional depression sets in

Which of the following are principles of effective treatment?

2.) Treatment needs to be readily available 3.) No single treatment is appropriate for all individuals 4.) An individual's treatment and services plan must be continually assessed and modified when necessary

Contaminated needles spread which disease(s)?

HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Chlamydia

Which of the following constitute the three phases of a psychotherapeutic approach for treatment of dual diagnosis?

Phases 2, 3, and 4

Down regulation of a brain cell's receptors occurs when a person uses drugs and:

The cell retracts receptor sites to slow down message transmission because there are too many neurotransmitters

The historical and moral conflict between doing what an individual wants to do (primal urges) versus what he should do (common sense, reason) is mirrored in the conflict that arises between the old brain and the new brain when addictive drugs and behaviors are involved.

True

Tolerance to one type of depressant, such as alcohol, can lead to the development of cross-tolerance for another depressant, such as benzodiazepines.

True

QUESTION

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Which of the following statements are true regarding mental illnesses?

1.) Statements 1, 2, and 4

In 1937 marijuana became illegal in the United States largely because

1.) The chief federal drug regulator wanted a new mission and purpose after alcohol prohibition was repealed, and he chose marijuana 2.) smoking of marijuana by Mexican migrant workers became demonized because the workers were perceived as a social and economic threat

Chronic heavy drinking can contribute to which of the following diseases?

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Marijuana withdrawal has been associated with which of the following symptoms?

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Which of the following best defines codependency?

An individual depends on the addict to fulfill some need of his or her own.

A person who has preexisting clearly defined mental illness before ebbing involved with drugs abuse could fit which of the following assessment profiles?

An individual who uses drugs to self-medicate mental health symptoms

On which part of the body does long-term use of stimulants (e.g. nicotine, cocaine, and methamphetamine) have the most significant impact?

Cardiovascular system

One of the reasons why there is increasing use of medications to treat addiction is because

Certain drugs can lessen craving

Which gene signals a susceptibility to both alcoholism and gambling?

DRD2A1 Allele Gene

Which of the following are examples of environmental factors that can make a person more liable to abuse a psychoactive substance?

Examples 1, 3, and 4

Which of the following factors have contributed to the spread of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C?

Factors 1 and 2

Addiction generally affects only the person with the problem and does not affect family members or family dynamics.

False

Attempts to solve the problems of drug abuse, and crime focus on demand reduction, supply reduction, and reduction of drug potency

False

Bipolar disorder is characterized by alternation between periods of mild and deep depression

False

Dendritic "spines" ("memory bumps") grow in the synapse when the nerve is stimulated by sensory input

False

Depressants affect the central nervous system by elevating the user's blood pressure, pulse, heart rate, and respiration.

False

Drinking experience, not heredity, affects a person's ability to tolerate a given amount of alcohol.

False

Formication, the imaginary sensation that hundreds of tiny bugs (e.g., coke bugs, meth bugs, and snow bugs) are crawling under one's skin, is caused by the visual hallucinogenic effects of stimulants

False

In addition to their psychedelic effects, "all arounders" almost always depress the central nervous system

False

Limiting the places where tobacco smoking is permitted has not reduced the use of tobacco in the United States or other countries where such policies have been implemented.

False

Most sedative-hypnotics are from natural sources.

False

The further cocaine gets from its original production source, the more pure it becomes

False

The phrase "supply reduction" refers to prevention programs that prevent people from wanting to use illicit drugs

False

The type of drug a person uses has little impact on the symptoms of his or her co-occurring mental health disorders.

False

There is a national registry of prevention and treatment programs, but program results are anecdotal rather than evidence based.

False

Women have a higher percentage of body water than do men of comparable size, so there is more water to dilute the alcohol they drink

False

The three parts of the public health model used to explain the prevention model are

Host, Environment, and Agent

There are several routes of administering drugs, and some reach the brain faster than others. Which of the following sequences correctly lists the routes of administration from fastest to slowest for getting drugs to the brain?

Inhaling (smoke), injecting (intravenous), mucous membrane absorption (nasal passage), oral ingestion

Which of the following are common mistakes made by alcohol and other drug prevention and education efforts on college campuses?

Mistakes 1 and 3

Listed below are three different sequential variations of drugs in the opiate family. Which one accurately represents the order in which the drugs were discovered and used (from left to right, representing oldest to newest drug forms)

Morphine, Opium, Hydromorphone

Which of the following best describes important considerations in treatment of American Indian substance abusers?

Nearly 60% of treatment admissions of American Indians are for alcohol abuse

Ketamine is most similar to which drug?

PCP

Hyperalgesia is a temporary increase in the sensitivity to ____________ that is experienced during the long-term use of opiates/opioids used to treat pain.

Painful Stimuli

Which of the following statements is/are true regarding 12-step programs?

There are more than 50 major topics

"Addiction" is the disease, whereas inhalant abuse, steroid misuse, or compulsive gambling, eating, shopping, or sex are the manifestations of the disease

True

Alcohol interacts with more types of receptors, neurotransmitters, and genes than do marijuana and cocaine

True

The effects of amphetamines last longer than the effects of cocaine because amphetamines can block enzymes from metabolizing neurotransmitters, which creates a continued overstimulation

True

The legality of alcohol and tobacco, coupled with pervasive advertising of these substances, reduces the effectiveness and limits the credibility of many prevention programs.

True

The physical mental, and emotional effects a person experiences from taking psychoactive drugs are caused by the modification or mimicking of the neurotransmitter's function

True

The potency of drugs today is due to technological advances refining, synthesizing, and manufacturing methods

True

The sense of relaxation and well-being that smokers receive from a cigarette is actually the sensation of the withdrawal symptoms being subdued.

True

These main categories of drugs used in sports include therapeutic drugs, performance enhancing drugs and recreational and mood altering drugs

True

Stimulant drugs chemically dissimilar but pharmacologically related to amphetamines, producing many of the same effects but not as strong are called

amphetamine analogues

Hashish is made from

cannabis resin

Which disorder is similar to compulsive shopping?

hoarding

The synergistic effect of drugs refers to

the combination of two or more depressant drugs, which magnifies their effect on the CNS

The effect an all arounder has on the user depends on which of the following factors?

1.) the user's mind-set 2.) the physical setting in which the drug is used 3.) the amount taken or dosage

The life span of a chronic high-dose drinker is

15 years shorter than that of the general population

Cyber-addictions and gaming addiction, including MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games), are characterized by which of the following actions?

ALL OF THE ABOVE

The most crucial neurotransmitter involved in behavioral addictions, drug use, and drug abuse is:

Dopamine

Coerced (legally mandated) treatment is not as effective as voluntary treatment.

False

Which of the following is a thought or psychotic disorder?

Schizophrenia

Which level(s) of prevention is/are most likely to include intervention?

Secondary and Tertiary prevention

Drugs that stimulate which neurotransmitter have the potential to treat sexual addiction?

Serotonin

Which of the following statements are true about the way opioids affect the brain's neurochemistry?

Statements 1 and 2

Endogenous craving associated with initial abstinence is a type of drug hunger brought about by the depletion of brain neurotransmitters during drug use.

True

False-negative results, not false positives, constitute the majority of urine-testing errors

True

Regardless of their degree of strength, all stimulants affect the body in which of the following ways?

ALL OF THE ABOVE

A key enzyme involved in the metabolism of alcohol is _______ and is located in the _______ and the _______

Alcohol dehydrogenas; Stomach; Liver

Which of the following correctly lists the three major classes of depressants?

Alcohol, Opiates, Sedative-hypnotics

Easy access to alcohol, a permissive societal view of drinking, unsafe living conditions, poor nutrition, and limited access to healthcare and drug recovery programs are examples of what factors associated with increased alcohol use?

Environmental

Substance-abuse treatment often avoid accepting dually-diagnosed patients, seeing them as too disruptive or inattentive to participate in group therapy

False

The more rapidly a psychoactive drug reaches its central nervous system target, the less the reward and the lower the reinforcing effect

False

Anterograde amnesia is the term used to describe an inability to remember what happened during a psychedelic trip

True

Children who grow up in a home with a drug-using or alcohol-abusing family member take on distinctive roles that affect their personalities.

True

Compulsive behaviors (e.g., binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, compulsive gambling, sexual compulsion, and Internet addiction) affect many of the same areas of the brain that are influenced by psychoactive drugs.

True

Compulsive shoppers have described the relief from depression nd the subsequent high from buying in terms similar to those describing

True

Drug tolerance to benzodiazepines develops in part due to the increased efficiency of the liver in processing (metabolizing) a drug that is used regularly

True

PCP can be recirculated from the body fat to the brain, causing an actual drug "flashback."

True

Psilocybin mushrooms cause less disassociation, panic, and psychotic reactions compared with LSD.

True

Substance-induced disorders are mental health problems caused by alcohol and other drug use

True

Susceptibility to blackout and brownouts is also a marker for susceptibility to alcoholism

True

The inability to resist an impulse that is originally pleasurable but ends up becoming harmful is called an impulse-control disorder.

True