Deck 18: Gender and Substance Use Disorders

Question 1

An often unrecognized source of drugs of misuse for women with SUDs are .

A)physicians prescribing a medication in good faith
B)friends who might also have their own substance use disorders
C)illicit drug dealers who cater to women as clients
D)college students who seek to supplement meager earnings by selling drugs to select clients

Answer 1

physicians prescribing a medication in good faith

Question 2

Data suggest that of men and of women struggle with a substance use disorder (SUD).

A)8.1%; 2.4%
B)14.5%; 11.3%
C)10.2%; 5.5%
D)21%; 14.9%

Answer 2

10.2%; 5.5%

Question 3

Women with concurrent alcohol use disorders and hepatitis C infections tend to .

A)live 10 years longer than men with both conditions
B)live 10 years less than men with both conditions
C)be more vulnerable to amenorrhea
D)require just as long to develop cirrhosis as a man with both conditions

Answer 3

live 10 years less than men with both conditions

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true about nicotine replacement therapy and gender?

A)Nicotine replacement therapy is more effective for women than for men.
B)Nicotine replacement therapy is more effective for men than for women.
C)Nicotine replacement therapy is equally as effective for men and women.
D)The effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy does not seem to be influenced by gender.

Question 5

Women who have an alcohol misuse disorder are seven times as likely to suffer from as men with an AUD.

A)anxiety
B)depression
C)another substance use disorder
D)schizophrenia

Question 6

A woman who has an alcohol use disorder is times as likely to commit suicide as a woman who does not drink, or who drinks socially.

A)20
B)23
C)19
D)40

Question 7

Women who engage in the misuse of substances frequently report that they .

A)have more physical handicaps than men with similar substance-use issues
B)were introduced to the drug(s) of misuse by their partners
C)were the one who introduced their partners to the drug(s) of misuse
D)were able to support their substance use disorder without the need to use family funds (grocery money, etc.)

Question 8

It has been suggested that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) groups may not be as helpful for women as they are for men.One factor that may play a role in this, according to your text, is that women tend to experience higher levels of _______ than men.

A)motivation
B)pride
C)shame
D)social support

Question 9

Women who misuse cocaine who then become pregnant find that they .

A)require less cocaine to achieve a certain degree of euphoria than they did before becoming pregnant
B)require about as much cocaine as before to achieve the same degree of euphoria
C)require more cocaine than they needed before becoming pregnant to achieve the same degree of euphoria
D)are able to achieve the same degree of euphoria as before only if they also misuse alcohol concurrently

Question 10

Women who misuse methamphetamine .

A)have preexisting depression in one half of cases
B)have preexisting anxiety in about one-third of cases
C)virtually always report anxiety problems after starting methamphetamine misuse
D)misuse it for its euphoric effects more than anything else

Question 11

Women using birth control .

A)have a lower rate of alcohol biotransformation than a woman who had ingested the same amount of alcohol but was not using such birth control
B)have the same rate of alcohol biotransformation as a woman who had ingested the same amount of alcohol but was not using hormone-based birth control
C)have a higher rate of alcohol biotransformation than a woman who had ingested the same amount of alcohol but was not using hormone-based birth control
D)tend to feel less discomfort during alcohol withdrawal, which is to say they are less likely to experience a "hangover" the next day

Question 12

The age distribution for women with substance use disorders suggests that the largest percentage of these women are found in the .

A)50 and above age bracket, reflecting the influence of the "hippie" generation on substance-use patterns
B)35-49 age bracket as middle-aged women adjust to the stress of being in the job market or the "empty nest" syndrome
C)12-18 age bracket, since most adolescents "mature out" of their substance-use problems before they become legal adults
D)18-25 age bracket

Question 13

Currently, advertisers have turned to .

A)women as an untapped market of future alcohol consumers
B)more intensive advertising for older drinkers
C)advertising less expensive brands of liquor for consumers
D)older, more traditional brands of beer for consumers to help them regain their market share from liquor

Question 14

When historians review the phenomenon of "patent" medicines, an often overlooked fact is that .

A)women who became addicted to these compounds tended to live in urban areas where access to such compounds was easy
B)10% of those who were addicted to these "medicines" were children
C)only 18% of the compounds were not harmful to the user
D)one-third of those addicted to these compounds were men

Question 15

Which of the following statements about women, employment, and substance misuse is most accurate?

A)Women are more likely to work in low-status, high-frustration positions than men.
B)Women are more likely to gain notice from employers about unacceptable job performance due to substance misuse than men.
C)Women are more likely to have access to Employee Assistance Programs than men.
D)Women in the workplace are more likely than men to have a substance use disorder overlooked by their employers.

Question 16

The ratio of male-to-female methamphetamine misusers is nearly .

A)1:1
B)2:1
C)1:2
D)1:1 for younger age groups, but more disproportionate in older age cohorts

Question 17

As a general rule, women who drink will need to consume less alcohol as a man to achieve the same blood alcohol level.

A)25%
B)75%
C)60%
D)40%

Question 18

According to research, women with a substance misuse disorder are more likely to die as a result of their SUD when compared to women of the same age who do not misuse chemicals.

A)5-10%
B)12-20%
C)25-45%
D)50-100%

Question 19

Women who misuse cocaine appear to .

A)enter treatment at an older age than men
B)begin to misuse cocaine at about the same age as men
C)maintain nonproblematic cocaine use for longer than men
D)begin to misuse cocaine at an earlier age than men

Question 20

Women are more likely to be as compared to men who drink.

A)solitary drinkers
B)group drinkers
C)found engaging in disruptive behaviors more often
D)involved with the legal system more often

Question 21

There is evidence to suggest that women who misuse MDMA are more vulnerable to MDMA-induced neurological damage than men.

Question 22

Discuss the phenomenon of telescoping and how it relates to the manner in which substance-related disorders develop.

Question 23

Describe the gender differences in drug-use rates and how these have been adjusting over the years.

Question 24

Use amphetamine misuse to explore how the genders often differ in finding ways to secure/support their SUD.

Question 25

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is less likely in women who smoke as compared with men.

Question 26

The average male with an AUD who enters treatment will have more severe medical problems than the average female with an AUD entering treatment.

Question 27

Men tend to start to misuse marijuana at a younger age than women.

Question 28

Discuss some of the special considerations that need to be taken into account as far as gender differences in the rehabilitation process is concerned.

Question 29

Historically, women with substance misuse problems have faced greater social condemnation than men.

Question 30

What is the "convergence" theory? What are the implications of it?