14: Substance Abuse and Gambling Disorders

Question 1

Shelter-based Managed Alcohol Project (MAP)

Answer 1

Aims to put inebriate homeless in apartment at a shelter with assistance, food, medical care, and in-apartment alcohol use

Question 2

Tolerance

Answer 2

Occurs when greater doses must be used to achieve the same drug action

Question 3

Withdrawl

Answer 3

Physical reactions to cessation of use of a drug

Question 4

Alcohol Use Disorder Criteria

Answer 4

1. Alcohol use leads to impairment or distress

2. Two problem symptoms in 12 months

Question 5

Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) Severity Scale

Answer 5

0-1: No diagnosis
2-3: Mild
4-5: Moderate
6+: Severe

Question 6

Gambling Disorder

Answer 6

Persistent gambling characterized by 4 symptoms in a 12 month period

Question 7

Treatment for SUDs (5)

Answer 7

• Detoxification
• Anti-anxiety, Antidepressants
• Antagonist Drugs
• Methadone Maintenance Programs
• Self-Help Programs

Question 8

Motivational Interviewing

Answer 8

Interviewing of SUDs patients to try to create problem awareness and motivate change in behavior

Question 9

Substance

Answer 9

Any product that has psychoactive effects

Question 10

The third and most extreme symptom of withdrawl

Answer 10

Delirium tremens

Question 11

Abstinence Violation Effect

Answer 11

A tendency to relapse and attribute the relapse to the self and thus paves the way to increased use