Exam 11: Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders

Which statement about alcohol consumption and ethnicity in the United States is accurate ?

A company wants to reduce its health care costs by finding an effective way to help cigarette smokers quit permanently. Research suggests that the best medication treatment is ____.

Peggy says that since she has gotten to know George, she realizes that he has an alcoholic personality. According to the research on substance abuse and personality traits, which statement would be most accurate ?

Among young adults aged (21-25) each year, ____.

Darryl, age 15, likes this drug because it is freebased, produces an intense and immediate high, and, like cigarettes, is smoked. The drug is ____.

A man with a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.50 percent is seen at a hospital. We can guess that this man is ____.

A woman in treatment for alcohol-use disorder is allowed to consume one drink at an outing as part of her program. What is this called?

Stanley has entered a rehabilitation facility for treatment of his addiction to barbiturates. He is immediately prevented from using the drugs and experiences agitation, restlessness, increased respiration, and insomnia. This phase of treatment is called ____.

Male chronic heavy users of alcohol drink ____.

Alcoholism among Hispanic groups is affected most by which factor?

The rate of illicit drug use is most prevalent among Americans who are ____.

Avery has been snorting cocaine for over a year. In his attempts to achieve a high that is as euphoric as his first (which he will never be able to do), he now needs increasingly greater amounts of the drug. This demonstrates ____.

Timothy injected LSD intravenously. He experiences visual hallucinations and has developed a quick tolerance for the drug. In addition to the effects from LSD, Timothy has experienced fatigue and loss of inhibitions. What part of Timothy's case is usual ?

A health teacher says, "Marijuana is a hallucinogen, although the DSM-5 does not technically consider it one. Once the drug is taken, memory often is impaired. There are no medical uses for marijuana; it is strictly a recreational drug." Which part of the teacher's statement is accurate?

A problem with using Antabuse to help alcoholics stop drinking is that ____.

An accurate definition of delirium tremens is ____.

In 2012, an estimated ____ adolescents and adults met the criteria for a substance-use disorder at some time during the year.

Frequently, when alcohol is initially ingested, individuals report feeling "wild and excited." These feelings result because ____.

The constant desire for cocaine, the high cost of the substance, and the need for increased doses to achieve a "high" can cause users to ____.

Stephanie meets Sam at a rave. As they are talking, Sam put a drug into Stephanie's drink as she turns her head to talk to a friend. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself in bed with Sam and learns that he had raped her the night before, although she has no memory of the assault. It is most likely that the drug Sam put into Stephanie's drink was ____.