Exam 7: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Insight and creativity as reported by users of marijuana has short-term effects.

Mimi is a recovering alcoholic.She has one drink and then feels she has "fallen off the wagon" and escalates into a binge of drinking.Mimi's behaviour could be explained as __________.

Discuss the cognitive approach to substance use and related disorders..

Lung cancer that is caused by smoking is the second leading killer of women.

The prevalence of tobacco use has increased slightly over the past few decades.

Stephen is a novice smoker.As he smokes,his skin becomes cold and clammy and he feels nauseous,dizzy,and faint.Later on he develops diarrhea.His symptoms are directly due to the action of ________ in his cigarettes.

Research shows that ________ exhibit increased salivation to the sight and smell of alcohol.

Detoxification usually happens in a ____________.

Drugs,including nicotine from cigarette smoking,may also be used as a form of self-medication for _______.

Cocaine is considered a depressant.

A male binge drinker is someone who reports consuming ________ or more drinks on one occasion during the preceding two-week period.

When lapses are seen as catastrophes,this is known as absolutist thinking.

Alcohol appears to heighten the sensitivity of ________ receptor sites.

Ginette is trying to overcome a substance use disorder involving her habitual use of herion. She has been given an alternative drug that is slower acting than heroin and does not provide the "rush" provided by heroin.It does,however,protect her from the painful abstinence syndrome usually associated with the cessation of heroin use.She is most likely taking ________.

People produce substances called prostaglandins that are chemically similar to opiates and fit into the same receptor sites in cerebral neurons.

A primary reinforcer for using alcohol is relief from states of tension.

Church attendance is generally connected with abstinence from alcohol.

The reinforcing effects of inhalants occur mainly through their effects on GABA and ________ neurotransmitter systems.

The effects of LSD depend on all of the following EXCEPT __________.

The one-drink hypothesis exemplifies what Aaron Beck calls ________.