Deck 11: Substance-Related Disorders

Question 1

What percentage of mental health clients present issues stemming from personal substance use or that of a family member?

A) 40%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 70%

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In 2016, a World Health Organization report suggested what percentage of premature deaths were attributable to harmful use of alcohol?

A) 7.2%
B) 8.4%
C) 9.2%
D) 6.2%

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which one of the following is not included in the examples of worldwide alcohol-related diseases reported by the WHO?

A) Cancer
B) Liver cirrhosis
C) Bipolar disorder
D) Hypertension

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What is the estimated total dollar amount of alcohol-related costs in Canada?

A) 28.4 billion
B) 38.4 billion
C) 48 billion
D) 38 million

Question 5

What percentage of Canadian adults surveyed in Health Canada's 2012 Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey consumed alcohol at a level considered to be a chronic risk for such illnesses as liver disease?

A) 24%
B) 14%
C) 34%
D) 4%

Question 6

According to the United Nations World Drug Report (2018), the percentage of worldwide prevalence of the use of any illicit drug between 2009 and 2019 has risen by what percentage?

A) 15%
B) 20%
C) 25%
D) 30%

Question 7

Data from across Canada in 2013 indicated that individuals with concurrent disorders comprised what percentage of all psychiatric inpatients?

A) Close to one half
B) Close to one quarter
C) Close to one third
D) Close to three quarters

Question 8

Meta-analyses revealed that substance use disorders occur in 47 percent of individuals with which one of the following mental health disorders?

A) Bipolar disorder
B) Schizophrenia
C) Major depressive disorder
D) Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 9

Which province has the highest rates of opioid-related deaths?

A) Alberta
B) Ontario
C) British Columbia
D) Quebec

Question 10

The effects of opioids include:

A) Pain reduction
B) Sleeplessness
C) Depression
D) Alertness

Question 11

The CAGE screening tool is widely used to assess alcohol misuse and abuse. Which one of the following words is not represented in the acronym CAGE?

A) Afraid
B) Guilty
C) Eye-opener
D) Cut down

Question 12

According to the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy (CDSS), which one of the following has recently become one of the strategy's key pillars?

A) Enforcement
B) Treatment
C) Harm reduction
D) Education

Question 13

Which one of the following is not included among the components of a complete needle exchange program?

A) Education regarding safer methods of drug ingestion
B) Behaviour therapy with goals of reduction
C) Onsite provision of 12-step groups
D) Provision of safe space where staff can monitor client's health status

Question 14

Which one of the following is not included in the list of substances within the text that respond to Naloxone?

A) Crystal meth
B) Heroin
C) Codeine
D) Morphine

Question 15

The Big Book of AA was first published in:

A) 1939
B) 1949
C) 1925
D) 1929

Question 16

What is the fourth step of the 12-step model of AA?

A) Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
B) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
C) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
D) Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Question 17

The primary goal of treatment for substance use disorders is to:

A) Decrease use and possibly achieve abstinence
B) Increase the time between relapses and decrease the number of relapses.
C) Reduce the psychological and physical harm that is secondary to a substance use disorder
D) Successfully withdraw the person from the substance to reduce the acute harms they are suffering

Question 18

Which one of the following medications has been proven effective in preventing relapse for alcohol when combined with psychosocial therapies?

A) Naltrexone
B) Suboxone
C) Methadone
D) Zopiclone

Question 19

Which one of the following medications are given for treating alcohol withdrawal?

A) Antispasmodics
B) Propanolol
C) Phenobarbital
D) Rohypnol

Question 20

Which one of the following medications are used for treating opiate withdrawal?

A) Clonidine
B) Methamphetamine
C) Buspirone
D) Clozapine

Question 21

According to the text, common symptoms of cannabis withdrawal include:

A) Irritability
B) Fatigue
C) Increased appetite
D) Weight gain

Question 22

The most commonly known medication to control alcohol use disorders is:

A) Clonazepam
B) Disulfiram
C) Resperidone
D) Sulfonamide

Question 23

Which one of the following is not included in the list of physiological effects of Antabuse?

A) Flushing
B) Choking
C) Vomiting
D) Low blood pressure

Question 24

Which family of drugs should be avoided in the treatment of opioids?

A) Antidepressants
B) Anticonvulsants
C) Benzodiazepines
D) Anxiolytics

Question 25

A Canadian study revealed that less than half of people arrested for criminal offenses were under the influence of alcohol and/or an illegal drug at the time of the offense.

Question 26

A drug impaired driving offense occurs every three minutes in Canada each day.

Question 27

Forty-two per cent of all alcohol-attributable deaths are due to intentional and unintentional injuries incurred during intoxication.

Question 28

Canada's "Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines" suggest that women should drink no more than 15 drinks per week.

Question 29

Ten per cent of Canadians reported using at least one illegal drug in the last 12 months.

Question 30

A 2019 UN report notes that opioids accounts for two thirds of the deaths attributed to drug use disorders in the world.

Question 31

Substance use problems co-occurring with other mental health problems are referred to as concurrent disorders.

Question 32

Research shows no association between ADHD and substance use disorders.

Question 33

People with concurrent disorders are more likely to have an increased risk of premature death.

Question 34

The term "going cold turkey" describes withdrawal symptoms that include rapid heart rate.

Question 35

Many people with substance use disorders will not choose to move towards total abstinence.

Question 36

The harm reduction model is a deficit-based approach.

Question 37

Naloxone kits are provided exclusively to emergency response professionals.

Question 38

Methadone does not cause dependence.

Question 39

AA views alcoholism as a disease.

Question 40

What are the two main types of substance-related disorders identified by the DSM 5?

Question 41

Describe the CAGE screening tool. What does the acronym stand for, and what are the 4 questions used in the tool?

Question 42

What are the five assumptions of the harm reduction model?

Question 43

What four areas of harm reduction are described within the text?

Question 44

What are the five stages of the Transtheoretical model of change?