Exam 14: Social Work and Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence

The harm reduction approach demands total abstinence, whereas the four-stage recovery model allows greater flexibility in pursuing control over the substance.

Reflective listening is an interviewing technique where social workers or counselors translate what they think the client is feeling into words.

_____ 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 many states in between.

Briefly explain the four categories of pathological patterns of behaviors concerning how a substance is used as cited in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).

The engagement process of substance abuse treatment has the goal of thoroughly assessing the client's problem.

Family members of substance abusers often feel tremendous guilt.

The term substance abuse is now commonly replacing the term addiction.

Which of the following belongs to the category of hallucinogens?

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

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

Which of the following is true of the growth phase as part of the four-stage recovery model for substance dependence treatment?

The method of substance administration that takes the most time to take effect is:

In a family where substance dependence is involved, _____ assume increasing responsibility for maintaining family functioning and making excuses on the abuser's behalf.

The second stage in the four-stage recovery model for substance dependence treatment is:

Briefly describe the strengths-based approach to treating alcohol and other substance abuse as proposed by Van Wormer and Davis.

Rationalization is the defense mechanism most used by alcoholics and involves insisting to oneself that nothing is wrong.

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

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

Which of the following is also known as a "top of the line" stimulant?

Discuss the role of a practitioner in a harm reduction approach.