addiction midterm ch.1
What action the drug court movement promotes with individuals whose legal problems are related to their addiction
keeping them out pf prison nd into the community, good citizen
• Number of U.S. prison inmates who meet the DSM criteria for substance misuse
1.5 million meet the dsm 5 medical criteria
• What the boxed reading, "Social Work Major Working in a Casino," is about
about a casino worker who sees her job as degrading, most folks are elderly on social security and pensions. life is compared to a bar. same people are seen time fter time.
• The textbook definition of addiction.
pg 10
• Impact of human rights apartments for formerly homeless people in San Francisco
pg.48
• What aspects of a person are affected by this "illness"
three areas physical, psychological and social
• Why the text refers to alcoholism as an "illness"
(the concept recognizes alcoholism as a medical problem, it is non-victim blaming, and it is non-judgmental) pg.13
• Percentage of mental health clients who have problems stemming from their own or their family members' addiction problems, according to the text.
50%
Shavelson's (2001), definition of harm reduction
Any positive change
• Changes in the DSM-5 regarding language to describe substance misuse and dependence
Dependence, physiological dependence, replaced with addiction and related disorder
• Typical symptoms of substance use disorders as defined by the DSM-5
The concept of addiction
• According to the text, what's need to really understand the pain connected with addictive and compulsive behavior.
Understand the pleasure side of the activity. pg.14
• According to Hester and Miller's empirical research, treatments with the highest treatment effectiveness scores
brief intervention motivational enhancement, cognitive therapy
• Trends in substance abuse treatment today
economically motivated, alternative to 12 step model, pg.44 non abstencence
• Meaning of "interactionism" and where it is seen most vividly in action
focus is on effecting interpersonal change and motivation. pg.16 mind, body, and spirituality
How many previously diagnosable alcoholics matured out of their dependence, according to the NIAAA (National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
pg.41 1/3
• Most and least highly rated treatments in empirical research for effectiveness with addictions
pg.41 brif intervention, motivational, and cognative therapy
• The guiding philosophy of PEASE academy
pg.49 harm rejection, restore justice.
What reentry programs focus primarily on
pg.49 successful of renters back into the community