Deck 18: Gender and Substance Use Disorders

Question 1

Researchers have found that women in rehabilitation programs frequently report that they

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

Answer 1

were introduced to the drug(s) of abuse by their partners.

Question 2

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

Answer 2

shame

Question 3

Which of the following social barriers play a role in making it less likely that women will enter substance abuse rehabilitation than men?

A) Having sole custody of children
B) Having a spouse with a SUD
C) Limited funding for treatment
D) All of these answers

Answer 3

All of these answers

Question 4

Data suggests that of women will struggle with a substance abuse disorder at some point in their lives.

A) 3.4 percent
B) 5.2 percent
C) 7.1 percent
D) 9.3 percent

Question 5

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 6

Women who have an alcohol abuse disorder are 7 times as likely to suffer from as men with an AUD.

A) anxiety
B) depression
C) illicit drug abuse disorder
D) all of these answers

Question 7

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 8

It is currently believed that of women will demonstrate symptoms of a substance use disorder at some point in their lives.

A) 15.1 percent
B) 12.3 percent
C) 7.1 percent
D) 4.5 percent

Question 9

Compared with women, men suffer from depression

A) equally often.
B) more often.
C) less often.
D) less intensely.

Question 10

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 11

Which of the following may affect how a woman responds to a drug versus a man?

A) Birth control pills
B) Hormones related to her menstrual cycle
C) Lower body mass than men
D) All of the above

Question 12

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 13

Which of the following statements about women, employment and substance abuse is most true?

A) Women are more likely to work in low-status jobs than men.
B) Women are more likely to gain notice from employers about unacceptable job performance due to substance abuse than men.
C) Women are more likely to have access to Employee Assistance Programs than men.
D) All of these answers are true.

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 percent of those who were addicted to these "medicines" were children.
C) only 18 percent of the compounds were not harmful to the user.
D) one-third of those addicted to these compounds were men.

Question 15

An often unrecognized source of drugs of abuse 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.

Question 16

Women who abuse cocaine appear to

A) enter treatment at an older age than men.
B) begin to abuse cocaine at about the same age as men.
C) maintain non-problematic cocaine use for longer than men
D) begin to abuse cocaine at an earlier age than men.

Question 17

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

Question 18

As a general rule, women who drink will need to consume only as much alcohol as a man to become intoxicated.

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

Question 19

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) 35­49 age bracket as middle­aged women adjust to the stress of being in the job market or the "empty nest" syndrome.
C) 12­18 age bracket, since most adolescents "mature out" of their substance use problems before they become legal adults.
D) 18-25 age bracket.

Question 20

According to research, women with a substance abuse disorder are more likely to die as a result of their SUD.

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

Question 21

Cocaine abusing women who 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 abuse alcohol concurrently.

Question 22

The risk of addiction for cocaine

A) is about the same for either sex.
B) is higher for men than it is for women.
C) is higher for women than it is for men.
D) is lower for women who are not pregnant, but is otherwise about the same.

Question 23

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

A) more likely
B) less likely
C) equally likely
D) rarely seen

Question 24

Available evidence would suggest that women tend to be to alcohol's negative effects as compared with men.

A) more resistive
B) more vulnerable
C) equally sensitive
D) more vulnerable only if pregnant

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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.

Question 28

Women tend 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 29

The ratio of male-to-female methamphetamine abusers is about

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

Question 30

Discuss how women seem more vulnerable to the physical complications brought on by alcohol abuse.

Question 31

Women using hormone-based birth control

A) will require longer periods of time to biotransform a given amount of alcohol than a woman who had ingested the same amount of alcohol but was not using such birth control.
B) will be able to biotransform alcohol as rapidly as a woman who had ingested the same amount of alcohol but was not using hormone based birth control.
C) will biotransform alcohol slightly more rapidly 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 32

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

Question 33

Men tend to start to abuse marijuana at a than women.

A) older age
B) younger age
C) equal age
D) equal age, but their frequency of use was higher

Question 34

There is evidence to suggest that women who abuse MDMA are

A) less likely to suffer from heat exhaustion than are men.
B) less vulnerable to neurological damage then are men because the high progesterone levels at certain points in the menstrual cycle protects them from such damage.
C) more impulsive than men.
D) more vulnerable to MDMA-induced neurological damage than men.

Question 35

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

Question 36

Women who abuse methamphetamine

A) have pre-existing depression in 40 percent of cases.
B) have pre-existing anxiety in about 33 percent of cases.
C) virtually always report anxiety problems after starting methamphetamine abuse.
D) abuse it for its euphoric effects more than anything else.