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

Identify the basic area under which a substance abuse or dependence assessment relates to asking the potential question "How is the client affecting the lives of others?"

Of the important features of various treatment approaches to chemical dependence, _____ is the act of determining the nature and causes of a client's problem.

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

Describe the terms tolerance and withdrawal in the context of people with alcohol problems.

A key component of a harm reduction approach is choice.

Which of the following is a potential question to ask about a client during substance abuse or dependence assessment that focuses on the confusion area?

Describe the eight themes that characterize the families of people who are substance dependent.

_____ is the array of symptoms that develop as a result of discontinued use of a substance or the compulsion to absorb the substance to avert these symptoms.

The need to use increased amounts of a substance to reach the same level of mood alteration initially achieved is called _____.

Withdrawal is the development of a series of symptoms directly related to intake of the substance and its influence on the central nervous system.

_____ is the defense mechanism used by people who abuse drugs that involves making excuses for the problems caused by the dependence on a substance.

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

Alcohol and other drug abuse is often masked by and interrelated to many other problems.

Al-Anon is specifically for teenagers within families of alcoholics.

The term substance is often referred to as psychoactive substance.

Outpatient treatment consists of temporary residences to assist in the transition from an inpatient program to the real-life community.

A client's chosen route of drug administration is important assessment information.

Special K, Rohypnol, and ecstasy belong to the same drug category.

CNS is an abbreviation for combined narcotic substance.