Exam 15: Social Work and Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence

Reflective listening involves translating what they think the client is feeling into words.

Five principles were described in the text as important regardless of the treatment approach or program. One was engagement; explain the other four.

When working with an alcoholic in treatment, it is always imperative that his or her first aspect be total abstinence.

The first stage of the four-stage recovery model is the confrontation stage.

_____, linked to drug abuse and dependence, is the development of a series of symptoms, often involving psychological or behavioral changes, directly related to intake of the substance and its influence on the central nervous system.

Potential questions to ask about a client during substance abuse or dependence assessment that focus on the confusion area include which of the following:

In the treatment process for chemical dependence, the _____ interview is one of the goals to determine the best course of treatment.

Describe the four-stage recovery model.

Opioids include all of the following except:

Many _____ usually work with suicidal, homicidal, or resistant clients and have a strong 12-step group orientation, with clients being expected to attend multiple 12-step meetings during the week.

_____ is short-term treatment designed to oversee the client's safe withdrawal from the substance to which he or she is addicted.

_____ is the defense mechanism used by people with alcohol problems by assigning little importance to drinking or its consequences.

The use of _____ is responsible for more than 400,000 deaths in the United States each year.

The credo of the addicted family is "don't talk, don't trust, and don't feel."

Describe the terms tolerance and withdrawal, as they pertain to people with alcohol problems.

Medications such as Antabuse that are used to combat alcoholism are called pharmaceutical equivalents.

List ten potential questions that you could ask a client during a substance abuse or dependence assessment.

CNS is an abbreviation for combined narcotic substance.

_____ strategies for alcohol or other drug misuse are based on the premise that alcohol or other drug use ranges across a continuum, starting with no consequences for use and ending with devastating consequences for use, with lots of stages in between.