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Addictions- Quiz 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| T/F Drug prevention and drug education may have different goals and approaches | TRUE |
| When did drug prevention initiatives begin? | 1970's |
| Who are the 'Primary' prevention programs aimed at? | Young people who have not yet tried any substances |
| Who are the 'Secondary' prevention programs aimed at? | Designed for those who have already been introduced or tried substances. With the goal of preventing the use of more serious drugs. |
| Who are the 'Tertiary' prevention programs aimed at? | Relapse prevention and follow up programs. |
| Relaxation or meditation can be... | Alternatives to drugs |
| Which general prevention approach asked students to discuss their reactions to various moral and ethical dilemmas as a means to help them clarify their own values? | Affective Education- Values Clarification |
| When did the USA gov't launch a anti-drugs which included school locker searches? | Beginning of the 1980's |
| When was Canada's National Anti- Drug Strategy launched? | October 2007 |
| Which profession is generally responsible for the DARE program? | Police department and school districts. |
| What is the most widely resistance oriented prevention program? | DARE- Drug Abuse Resistance Education |
| What has been the most consistent feature of workplace drug prevention programs? | Random urine screens |
| What has been identified as an effective family- based prevention approach? | Strengthening families for the future. |
| How many Canadians meet the diagnostic criteria for being dependant on or having abused alcohol and other drugs? | Approx. 2 million Canadians |
| Prevention of withdrawal symptoms using medications would be part of what process? | Detoxification. |
| In what phase of treatment are both drug agonist (substitution) and antagonist treatments included? | Maintenance Phase |
| What is administered to treat or prevent alcohol withdrawal symptoms? | Benzodiapines |
| What drug is common in aversion therapy? | Disulfiram (antabuse) |
| What are some health Canada approved forms of nicotine replacement therapy? | Nicotine patch. Nicotine gum. Nicotine vapor inhaler. Nicotine spray, Nicotine lozenge. |
| Varenicline was approved in 2007 to stop smoking. What is it? | Aka, Champix, a partial nicotine receptor agonist, meaning even large doses, it doesn't produce the full response of nicotine. |
| Rapid opioid detoxification based on? | Historically, by giving anticholinergic drugs, it would induce a state of delirium for several days, after which the dependent person would emerge cured of dependence with out remembering the withdrawal process. |
| What is the most common form of medical treatment for opioid dependency? | Methadone. |
| Besides methadone, what is the recently approved substitute medication for maintaining opiod-dependent patients? | Buprenorphine. |
| T/F Antabuse is to alcohol, as methadone is to opiods. | TRUE |
| What is the goal of motivational enhancement therapy? | To target the abusers degree of motivation to quit substance use, enhances the effectiveness of treatment. |
| Describe the purpose of the stage of the change model. | A model for decision making consisting of precontemplation, contemplation, prearation, action, maintenance and relapse. |
| What is known regarding the practice of giving the user rewards for drug free urine samples? | Vouchers redeemable for goods or services- immediate rewards. |
| Describe relapse prevention approaches to treatment. | Cognitive therapy and behavioral skills training to avoid or change behaviors that may lead to continued drug use. |
| In the stage of change, which stage does the individual not recognize the problem exists? | Precontemplation |
| In the stage of change, what is the contemplation stage? | Believes there may be a problem that exists and gives some consideration to the possibility of changing behavior. |
| In the stage of change, what occurs in the preparation stage? | They decide to change and makes plans to do so. |
| In the stage of change, what is the action stage? | They take active steps towards change such as treatment. |
| In the stage of change, what is the maintenence stage? | Involves activities intended to maintain the change. |
| A needle exchange program is an example of what? | Harm reduction |
| What % of people looking for addiction treatment also have a mental health disorder? | 50% |
| T/F The formation of AA in 1935 can now be seen as a unimportant milestone. | FALSE- It is an important milestone. |
| The opiod-dependent antagonist naltrexone can prevent heroine from having its normal effect in part because it has a greater affinity for opioid receptors in the brain. | TRUE |
| The only kinds of medications approved for quitting smoking are various forms of nicotine replacement therapy, like nicotine patches and gum. | FALSE- Canada Health approved Zyban, the first non-nicotine pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation in 1998. |
| What are the current intended outcomes of the Canadian drug and substance stately? | Reduce the harm associated with substance abuse to individuals, families and communities and to reduce the costs of substance abuse and dependency on our society. |
| What is the knowledge- attitudes- behaviour model? | Increased knowledge on substances would effect attitudes on drug use and would reduce drug behaviors. |
| What is the "value free" program? | Values Clarification program, allows for differences in religion, family background etc. Teaching children to decide moral issues for themselves. |
| In 1986 the drug free programs changed from.....to...... | Propaganda to using facts. |
| What are the 5 components of the social influence model for smoking prevention? | Training Refusal skills. Public commitment. Countering advertisements. Normative education. Use of teen leaders. |
| What was the impact of project ALERT with teen leaders? | 50% fewer students were weekly smokers at the 15 month follow up. |
| What distinguished DARE from other similar programs? | DARE is delivered by police officers. |
| What do ALERT and life skills training have in common? | Effectiveness, and they are both based on the social influence model. |
| What are some of the parenting skills that might be taught and practiced in a prevention program? | Communication with children. Decision making skills. How to set goals and limits. When and how to say no to your child. |
| What drugs are typically used to reduce and manage withdrawal symptoms during alcohol detoxification. | Benzodiazepines. |
| Compare and contrast the use of disulfiram with other naltrexone and acamprosate for alcohol dependence. | Disulfiram causes headaches, vomiting, breathing difficulties if alcohol is consumed. It isn't very effective cause no one takes it. Naltrexone reduces the alcohol cravings |
| Name the six stages of the trandtheorical model | Treatment and care. Education and training. Recchere the system. Development consideration, early dedications. |