Deck 19: Community-Based Approaches to Substance Use Epidemics Introduction

Question 1

A population health perspective of addiction recognizes that addiction's causes, symptoms, and recovery outcomes occur at what level?

A) Individual
B) Family
C) Community
D) Societal

Answer 1

Societal

Question 2

Through the lens of Alexander's dislocation theory of addiction, people adopt addictive behaviors when they feel:

A) Isolated
B) Included
C) Mentally ill
D) Unsure

Answer 2

Isolated

Question 3

A school-based occupational therapist develops a stress-management regimen using yoga and meditation to help children vulnerable to addiction due to historical trauma and adverse childhood experiences adopt adaptive coping strategies. This an example of which level of intervention?

A) Microlevel
B) Mesolevel
C) Macrolevel
D) Not a population health intervention

Answer 3

Mesolevel

Question 4

Mr. Smith, a 67-year-old male, has liver disease due to a history of severe substance use disorder. According to the DSM-5, Mr. Smith meets how many of the criteria in the DSM to qualify as "severe"?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 6

Question 5

Historically, more black women using drugs during pregnancy have been arrested, despite higher rates of whites using the illegal substances. This higher rate of arrest is due to which societal issue?

A) Intentional discrimination
B) Implicit bias by health-care providers
C) Blatant racism
D) Stigma

Question 6

Which of the following is most vulnerable to opioid addiction?

A) A person who has had a hip replacement for osteoarthritis
B) A person who has had a carpal tunnel release for chronic CTS
C) A person with a shoulder replacement who had preoperative pain
D) A person who had their wisdom teeth removed

Question 7

Persons most likely to develop an opioid addiction are those who:

A) Had a major surgery
B) Had a minor surgery
C) Have a long duration of opioid use
D) Have chronic pain

Question 8

An EMS team comes upon a young woman experiencing an opioid overdose. They are likely to provide which intervention?

A) Transport her to detox
B) Administer naloxone
C) Contact her provider to address opioid prescribing
D) Administer methadone

Question 9

Which of the following is an evidence based intervention for addiction?

A) Education on impact of substance use
B) Monitoring provider prescribing habits
C) Mindfulness training
D) Community-based programs for youth

Question 10

Julia is a 28-year-old with depression and an opioid addiction. She would be benefit from what type of intervention?

A) Detox
B) Administration of naloxone
C) Contingency management
D) Integrated dual disorder treatment

Question 11

Greg is a 32-year-old male addicted to gambling. His gambling addiction is considered a:

A) Personality disorder
B) Behavioral addiction
C) Psychotic disorder
D) Emotion management deficit

Question 12

From an occupational therapy perspective, addiction is considered a:

A) Substance use problem
B) Behavioral addiction
C) Personality disorder
D) Maladaptive occupation

Question 13

An appropriate occupational therapy assessment tool used for clients with addiction to understand occupational performance is a:

A) Role checklist
B) Sensory profile
C) COPM
D) Skilled observation

Question 14

Ariel is a 29-year-old addicted to prescription pain medications from an old ballet injury. She says she wants to recover from her addiction. As the occupational therapist, intervention may be more successful if you understand which aspect during evaluation?

A) Role function
B) Stages of change
C) Leisure interests
D) Family history

Question 15

One benefit of the normative scale of occupations in the context of population health and addiction is that it:

A) Cures addiction
B) Promotes readiness to change
C) Removes stigma
D) Provides a population health intervention for addiction