Exam 7: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Aboriginal Canadians are ________ to drink alcohol than their non-Aboriginal counterparts.

Habitual smoking is a bad habit,not a physical addiction.

The street name "angel dust" refers to ________.

Which of the following is NOT a technique typically used by behavioural therapists to treat substance use disorder?

Brigitte goes to a therapist for treatment of her drinking problem.Her therapist makes her sign a written behavioural contract in which she agrees to abstain from drinking and to take Antabuse.Her husband agrees to refrain from making comments about her past drinking and the probability of future lapses.This technique is part of ________.

More teenagers die as a result of suicide than from any other cause.

Expectancies that alcohol will ________ are an especially important factor in prompting adolescent drinking.

Discuss the genetic approach to substance use and related disorders.

A mixture of barbiturates and alcohol is about twice as powerful as either drug taken by itself.

Studies from Canada and the United States indicate that prescription opiates such as oxycodone (OxyContin)and hydrocodone (Vicodin),often illicitly obtained,are ________.

Research evidence suggests that a genetic vulnerability to alcohol may involve a combination of getting relatively ________ pleasure from the drug and a ________ biological tolerance for the drug.

Alcohol use disorders tend to develop somewhat ________ in women than in men,and are more common among people living ________.

Describe the relapse-prevention model of treating substance use and related disorders.

Hans experiences tremors,irritability,depressed mood,light-headedness,headache,and irregular bowel movements.Hans is likely experiencing ___________.

Sue has been using crack for about two months now.Although she knows it is destroying her job performance,and she has already been reprimanded for missing work because of her drug use,she refuses to give it up.She says she can quit whenever she wants to and just uses crack because she enjoys it.She tells others who question her drug use to mind their own business and leave her alone.Sue's drug use is best described as substance ________.

Which of the following people is LEAST likely to be dependent on marijuana?

Pregnant women who smoke are prone to all of the following EXCEPT __________.

The idea that alcoholism is a permanent,irreversible disorder was first pioneered by ________.

Which of the following people is the MOST likely to smoke?

Liette has been given a drug that makes her violently ill if she drinks alcohol.The drug she is most likely to have been given is ________.