Drug use, misuse and addiction

Question 1

Name the Diagnostic Criteria for Substance Use Disorder

Answer 1

Physical dependence

Desire to reduce drug use

Significant time spent seeking and using drugs

Use continues despite significant problems

Question 2

Name the two Associative Learning Principles Used in Addiction Models

Answer 2

Classical conditioning

Operant conditioning

Question 3

Drive theory asserts that repeated drug use leads to a __________’ reinforcing effects

Answer 3

Drive to seek out the drugs

Question 4

Opponent-process theory suggests that there is a opponent process which _____________

Answer 4

Counteracts the effects of the drug.

Question 5

Eventually, the opponent process may outweigh the original drug effect and lead to withdrawal.
Therefore, drive theory asserts that drug use ____________, and opponent-process theory suggests that drug use persists because of negative reinforcement.

Answer 5

Continues because of positive reinforcement

Question 6

What is the Incentive Salience Model?

Answer 6

Drug liking versus drug wanting

Addiction occurs when there is a shift from liking to wanting

Question 7

The reward circuitry consists of mesolimbic dopamine neurons that arise in the ventral tegmental area and project to the nucleus accumbens. ____________ is associated with reward.

Answer 7

Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens

Question 8

Name the Stages of Drug Addiction

Answer 8

Intoxication

Development of dependence (withdrawal)

Preoccupation and anticipation

Question 9

Name 5 Psychological and Pharmacological Therapies

Answer 9

Detoxification

Drug replacement therapy

Behavioral therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy

Twelve-step programs