Additional Final Questions Flashcards
Increased tolerance and withdrawal symptoms are the two key components of the concept of _________________.
Addiction
Compulsion
Intoxication
Dependence
Dependence
________ refers to the repetitive consumption of substances, or repetitive engagement in activities (behaviours), considered to be problematic.
Inebriety
Substance use
Problematic consumption
Addiction
Addiction
The DSM-5 uses the term “addiction” and includes nonchemical, behavioural addictions within the section titled “Substance Use and Addictive Disorders”. This emphasizes the _________aspects of dependence, rather than the ______processes related to dependence on psychoactive substances.
Psychological, psycho-social
Physiological, psychological
Biological, psychological
Psychological, physiological
Psychological, physiological
T/F: Addiction adversely affects both the individual and the people in his or her social network.
True
T/F: The term alcoholism emerged as a popular and consistent label in the 1960’s.
False
T/F: The disease model of addiction assumes that some substances are inherently prone to causing addiction.
False
T/F: The term dependence (in relation to substance use) is typically conceptualized as being physiological in nature.
True
T/F: From a public health perspective, problematic substance use is best understood as a biopsychosocial problem.
True
Which of the following routes of administration is thought of as having the quickest effect?
Insufflation (“snorting”)
Injection
Oral consumption
Smoking or vaping
Injection
T/F: All psychoactive substance use is problematic, and public health perspectives do not recognize beneficial or non-problematic forms of substance use
False
In 1964, the WHO replaced the term _____ with “dependence”.
Addiction
The War on Drugs was introduced in the United States as a policy related to psychoactive substance use, and sought to_______________.
- Criminalize people who use drugs
- Legalize the sale of psychoactive substances for recreational purposes
- End the international drug trade through the use of military force
- Reduce drug trade between Northern and Southern American countries
End the international drug trade through the use of military force
This group believes that the characteristics of the individual (inherent alcoholism) is at the root of addiction, rather than the addictive properties of alcohol as a substance.
Alcoholics Anonymous
In the “Frankenstein narrative” regarding particular psychoactive substances (as described by Mike Jay, 2000), the medical system (medication producers and physicians) often promote a substance as therapeutic and safe, only to then later restrict it and have it become demonized. This is evident in the history of the following substances in the United States.
- cocaine
- morphine
- miltown
Public health perspectives view substance use as
- sometimes non-problematic or beneficial
- existing along a spectrum
- being shaped by environmental forces and the social determinants of health
Capture ratio for a specific substance estimates the percentage of who develop dependence on that particular substance. A study by Gable (2006) found _______ to have the greatest dependence potential.
heroin and methamphetamine
A similar study of capture ratio by Rose & Cherpitel (2011) estimated that __________ was the most addictive substance they assessed.
nicotine
“Relative addictiveness” ratings by Henningfield and Benowitz rank ____ as being the most addictive substance they assessed.
Heroin
Which of the following was ranked as having the least dependence potential in the “relative addictiveness” rankings and by Rose & Cherpitel (2011)?
nicotine
cannabis
heroin
alcohol
cannabis
The study of drug harms in the UK by Nutt and colleagues (2010), produced “harm scores” for a broad range of psychoactive substances, and ranked _________ to be the most harmful.
alcohol
Which of the 3 primary eating disorder diagnoses is the most prevalent among both males and females ?
Binge Eating Disorder
Which of the following is not characteristic of a feeding and eating disorder?
- Persistent disturbance of eating
- Significant lack of food within household
- Altered consumption of food
- Problematic eating-related behaviour
Significant lack of food within household