Module II: Addiction Counseling Theories, Practices, and Skills Flashcards
True or false: According to rational-emotive-behavioral therapy, an activating event is a negative event in an individual’s life.
True.
Fact or myth: Relapse occurs because of an individual’s perception of an event in his or her life, rather than the actual events.
True
True or false: Brief therapy is not related to any specific therapy or theoretical approach, but rather is a relative set of therapies that includes a shorter time period and fewer sessions than ‘traditional’ therapy.
True
A deterministic method of counseling where mental dysfunction results from a client’s internal conflicts, processes, and memories.
A. Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy
B. Solution-Focused Therapy
C. Reality Therapy
D. Psychoanalytic Therapy
D. Psychoanalytic Therapy
Fact or myth: Relapse is only using a psychoactive substance.
Myth
Fact: Relapse can also be the manipulative or destructive use of people, places or things people, places, or things.
True or false: Strategic Family Therapy deals with change, nor by insight, and by use of strategic techniques providing directives toward change.
True
A component of person-centered therapy where a counselor is able to match his or her external behavior and expressions with his or her internal feelings and thoughts.
A. Consistency
B. Integrity
C. Congruence
D. Empathy
C. Congruence
Fact or Myth: Relapse is usually preceded by clearly defined signs.
Fact
Dimension 6 of the ASAM is:
A. Biomedical Conditions and Complications
B. Recovery/Living Environment
C. Readiness to Change
D. Relapse, Continued Use, or Continued Problem Potential
E. Acute Intoxication and/or Withdrawal Potential
F. Emotional, Behavioral, or Cognitive Conditions and Complications
B. Recovery/Living Environment
What is an incurable illness where an individual’s immune system is no longer able to fight infection or disease?
A. HIV
B. Tuberculosis
C. AIDS
D. Hepatitis A
C. AIDS
A self-help program and alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous that emphasizes personal control over behavior and eliminating irrational beliefs.
A. Reality Therapy
B. Rational Recovery
C. Sequential Treatment
D. Narcotics Anonymous
B. Rational Recovery
When an addiction counselor or other helping professional projects onto the client his or her own past feelings and attitudes toward significant others in his or her life.
A. Transference
B. Congruence
C. Countertransference
D. Dysrhythmia
C. Countertransference
A method of counseling, also called Individual Psychology, where all behavior is believed to be goal directed.
A. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT)
B. Adlerian Psychology
C. Gestalt Therapy
D. Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
B. Adlerian Psychology
Fact or myth: Relapse means failure.
Myth.
Fact: Relapse is an opportunity to learn from the experience and strengthen the recovery process.
Gestalt Therapy is a method of counseling where the client gains “awareness” of what he or she is currently experiencing and learns personal responsibility for what and how he or she is feeling, thinking, and doing. Who created it?
A. Salvador Minuchin
B. Murray Bowen
C. Fritz Perls
D. Carl Rogers
C. Fritz Perls
Structural Family Therapy is an approach that focuses on family interactions and the resulting family structure. Who created it?
A. Murray Bowen
B. Salvador Minuchin
C. Fritz Perls
D. Alfred Adler
B. Salvador Minuchin
The second stage of change is:
A. Maintenance
B. Preparation
C. Contemplation
D. Pre-contemplation
E. Action
C. Contemplation
Fact or myth: Relapse is the result of a lack of willpower.
Myth
Fact: Relapse has more to do with a lack of skills necessary to abstain from psychoactive substances than an individual’s determination.
True or false: PTSD is a disorder characterized by re-experiencing an extremely traumatic event associated with symptoms of increased arousal and avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma.
True
True or false: OARS is a guide for counselors when using Brief Therapy.
False.
OARS is a guide for counselor’s response to a client during Motivational Interviewing.
O=Ask open-ended questions
A=Affirm the client for change
R=Listen reflectively
S=Provide summaries
True or false: Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy is a method of counseling that focuses on how a client perceives the external world and the behaviors he or she exhibits to fit those perceptions and needs.
False.
Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy is a method of counseling that focuses on changing the problematic beliefs of an individual as a result of the events in his or her life.
Reality Therapy is a method of counseling that focuses on how a client perceives the external world and the behaviors he or she exhibits to fit those perceptions and needs.
True or false: Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders is a group of disorders that are characterized by a disintegration of thinking processes, involving the inability to distinguish external reality from internal fantasy.
True
Excessive anxiety and worry occurring more days than not for at least 6 months.
A. Histrionic Personality Disorder
B. Panic Disorder
C. Hypersomnia
D. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
D. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
A method of counseling that focuses on simultaneously learning new behaviors and restructuring automatic thoughts.
A. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
B. Cognitive Behavior Therapy
C. Person Centered Therapy
D. Psychoanalytic Therapy
B. Cognitive Behavior Therapy
The first stage of change is:
A. Maintenance
B. Preparation
C. Contemplation
D. Pre-contemplation
E. Action
D. Pre-contemplation
Fact or myth: Relapse can occur with any psychoactive substance use.
Fact
Sensitizers are pharmacotherapies that cause very unpleasant effects if certain psychoactive substances are taken in conjunction with them. Examples are:
A. Naltrexone (Depade/Vivitrol)
B. Disulfiram (Antabuse)
C. Naloxone (Narcan)
D. Desipramine (Norpramine)
B. Disulfiram (Antabuse)
A mild form of bipolar disorder, but with numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms (that do not meet the criteria for hypomanic or depressive episodes).
A. Dependent Personality Disorder
B. Cyclothymic Disorder
C. Histrionic Personality Disorder
D. Schizoaffective Disorder
B. Cyclothymic Disorder
Dimension 5 of the ASAM is:
A. Biomedical Conditions and Complications
B. Recovery/Living Environment
C. Readiness to Change
D. Relapse, Continued Use, or Continued Problem Potential
E. Acute Intoxication and/or Withdrawal Potential
F. Emotional, Behavioral, or Cognitive Conditions and Complications
D. Relapse, Continued Use, or Continued Problem Potential
The third stage of change is:
A. Maintenance
B. Preparation
C. Contemplation
D. Pre-contemplation
E. Action
B. Preparation
True or false: According to the Family Disease Model, psychoactive substance dependence is a family disease. Psychoactive substance use disorder is the disease of the user, and codependence is the disease of the family.
True
Fact or myth: Relapse means the individual is not motivated.
Myth.
Fact: Relapse occurs because addiction is a brain disease.
A personality disorder with a pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.
A. Antisocial Personality Disorder
B. Avoidant Personality Disorder
C. Borderline Personality Disorder
D. Bipolar I Disorder
A. Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antagonists are pharmacotherapies that block the effects of certain drugs to either present overdose from finalizing or as a treatment approach for maintaining sobriety. Examples are:
A. Naltrexone (Depade/Vivitrol)
B. Naloxone (Narcan)
C. Flumazenil (Mazicon)
D. All of the above.
D. All of the above.
A disorder that includes persistent delusions, auditory hallucinations or formal thoughts consistent with the acute phase of schizophrenia and accompanied with manic or depressive symptoms.
A. Schizoid Personality Disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Schizoaffective Disorder
D. Schizophreniform Disorder
C. Schizoaffective Disorder
A personality disorder with a pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.
A. Avoidant Personality Disorder
B. Bipolar II Disorder
C. Oppositional Defiance Disorder
D. Histrionic Personality Disorder
A. Avoidant Personality Disorder
The fourth stage of change is:
A. Maintenance
B. Preparation
C. Contemplation
D. Pre-contemplation
E. Action
E. Action
Where an addiction counselor or other helping professional attempts to view the world from the same frame of reference as the client to better understand the behavior of the client.
A. Phenomenology
B. Integrated treatment
C. Existentialism
D. Fictional Finalism
A. Phenomenology
A method of counseling where a client gains awareness of his or her behavior and learns how to accept personal responsibility for those behaviors.
A. Dialectical Behavior Therapy
B. Gestalt Therapy
C. Social Learning Approach
D. Psychoanalytic Therapy
B. Gestalt Therapy
True or false: Experiential/Humanistic Family Therapy emphasizes the interaction between the therapist and the family with the goal of promoting choice, self-determination, and actualization by the family.
True
Pharmacotherapies that can be used to alleviate the effects of withdrawal from psychoactive substances include:
A. Buprenorphine (Subutex/Suboxone)
B. Amantadine (Symmetrel)
C. Desipramine (Norpramin)
D. All of the above
D. All of the above