Exam 12: Substance Use and Addictive Disorders

Research indicates that the students MOST likely to binge drink:

A frequent drug user finds that larger doses of a drug are necessary to produce the same "high" that much lower doses once produced. That drug user is developing:

A patient in an alcohol rehabilitation center tells you a detailed story about growing up in the mountains of Tennessee. Later, you find out that the person had never even visited Tennessee. A day later you visit the patient again, and the patient does not recognize you. This patient is MOST likely suffering from:

What theory explains how the sight of a hypodermic needle can induce a "high" in a person who is dependent on heroin?

After an accident, Kendra was taken to the hospital with broken legs and arms. She was almost immediately given a shot that reduced her pain. The shot was MOST likely a(n):

All the opioid drugs are known collectively as:

Shayla stopped taking her regular amount of cocaine after using it for months. She will probably experience:

Crack is a form of _____.

Relapse-prevention training to treat substance misuse differs from aversion therapy in that the goal is to:

Assume a totally new hallucinogenic drug has hit the streets, and you are part of a research team charged with investigating the new drug. Which information would you want to gather? How might you begin to assess the impact of the new drug on society? Assume (unrealistically, of course) your budget is practically limitless.

The combined impact of different drugs multiplying or potentiating each other's effects is known as the _____ effect.

If genetics plays a strong role in the development of cocaine abuse, we would expect to find the lowest concordance rates for cocaine abuse among:

Binge drinking has been linked with all of the following EXCEPT:

When Melody stopped taking barbiturates, she suffered a period of nausea, insomnia, and sleep problems. This phenomenon is known as _____.

Approximately what percentage of smokers are eventually able to stop?

Genetic linkage studies have found an abnormal form of a gene for which type of neurotransmitter receptor?

A client being treated for alcohol abuse receives just enough of a drug called curare to produce temporary paralysis whenever that client takes a drink of beer. Presumably, sufficient pairings of paralysis and alcohol will reduce the client's desire for alcohol. This procedure is called:

"Drug dependence may develop because one finds drug use rewarding when it reduces tension." A person with which view of substance abuse would MOST likely agree with this statement?

_____ involves using a drug to the point that it affects one's family, social relationships, and/or work.

Delirium tremens ("the DTs") typically last: