Exam 10: Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents

Daniel has just taken a substance at a party.Daniel is starting to feel disoriented and to see things that aren't really there,like hundreds of spiders crawling on the walls,and his friends' faces melting off their skulls.Which of the following do you suspect Daniel has just taken?

Discuss the ethical issues surrounding motivational enhancement therapy: Is it ethically permissible for therapists to support an adolescent's decision to engage in an illegal behavior?

Which of the following is NOT a component of the CRAFFT assessment for substance use disorder in adolescents?

One study of the efficacy of motivational enhancement therapy found that reductions in alcohol and marijuana use were greatest among adolescents who showed the most frequent use before treatment.What could some possible explanations for this finding be?

The highest rate of problematic substance use occurs between 18 and 22 years of age.

Relapse is ______.

In order to be diagnosed with a Substance Use Disorder,a person must ______.

According to Monitoring the Future,alcohol ______.

What are some ways in which the manifestation of substance use disorder differs between adolescents and adults,and why do these differences exist?

Those with behavioral undercontrol might be described as which of the following?

Several studies have found a relationship between adolescent cannabis use and psychotic symptoms.What evidence is there that adolescents beginning to develop psychosis weren't self-medicating with cannabis-that is,that the psychosis didn't cause cannabis use?

Which of the following best describes the efficacy of multidimensional family therapy?

Which of the following is associated with marijuana use?

What is the evidence against the assertion that marijuana is a "gateway drug"?