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Family systems theory of addiction

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Family members are in constant contact and when one of the members in the system is affected, they are all affected

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What is an analogy for the family system theory

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A mobile

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The addicted family is _______

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malfunctioning

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People with SUD are often Under-functioning, what does that mean in a family context

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The person is no longer carrying out their responsibilities, so the family needs to figure out how to compensate

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Where does family fall under the bio-psycho-social model?

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Under social

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Is family only blood relationships?

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No, its also partners and people who are “family” by behaviour

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Other cultures’ concept of family

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Many other cultures view family more broadly and extended family have more of a role

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What is the primary social support network for most people

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Family

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The trend of children living with two parents in the home is going up or down

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Down

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It can be argued that the people around the person with the SUD are in what level of pain?

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As much as or more than

- Because the addicted person is numbed out

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Each part of the bio-psycho-social model is a potential path to ______

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recovery

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About what percent of the pop will qualify for an addiction at some point?

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10%

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13
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For every person with an SUD there are about how many people who are deeply affected by it?

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4

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**What factors can influence the impact of a SUD in the home on a child? (8)

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  • # of people using chemicals
  • Family role of person using
  • Duration of the use
  • Severity and level of dysfunction
  • Age and developmental stage
  • Presence of good role model
  • Resilience and level of functioning of other family members
  • Nature of family boundaries
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Each dimension of the bio-psycho-social model os an avenue for what (3)?

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Risk
Resilience
Care pathway

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Care pathway

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Avenue for treatment

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Factors that contribute to resilience

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  • Optimism
  • Self regulate emotions
  • See failure as feedback
  • Having caring and supportive relationships
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Family boundaries: Enmeshed family

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Spouses are estranged, one chiles is enmeshed with the father, one with the mother

> often a lot of disrespect and an inability to say no

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Family boundaries: Isolated family

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Lack of cohesion and social support. Each member is protected by a all of defences

> Avoid intimacy and do not ask for help

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Family boundaries: Healthy family

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All are touching but their boundaries are not overlapping

> respect and value of one another’s individuality

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Consequences of a family dealing with a SUD (11)

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  • Ineffective parenting: roles re-allocated
  • Impaired communication
  • Social events may be ruined
  • Financial instability
  • Depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders
  • Family abuse
  • Drug related crimes
  • Loss of custody of children
  • Marital conflict
  • Jail
  • High ACE scores for children
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Often when there is an under functioning parent due to a SUD the older kids step up to fill in some of their role. What is a common impact of this on the child?

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They are at higher risk for mental illnesses like anxiety and depression

Often will exhibit behavioural issues

> the chronic stress takes a physical and mental tole

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Risk factors of children of incarcerated parents

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  • Higher risk of committing crimes
  • ## Poorer mental and physical health
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3 “rules” of addiction in a family

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  1. Don’t see - pretend not to see the drug use, lose trust in own perception
  2. Don’t feel - learn that they cannot be honest about what they are experiencing, lose touch with emotions
  3. Don’t trust -
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Long term repercussions for adults who experienced addiction in their household as a child

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The difficulty they may experience in developing functional relationships with other healthy people as adults as a result of how they needed to cope as a child

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5 common roles in families with addiction

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  1. Manager - person who over functions to compensate for the under functioning person to keep the family working
  2. Hero - copes by being an over achiever and highly competent, but start to feel loved by what they accomplish instead of who they are
  3. Mascot - clown that provides comic relief to the family
  4. Scapegoat - gets blamed for everything, irresponsible behaviour gets them in trouble
  5. Lost Child - lives in a fantasy world, does not cause trouble for the family because they are withdrawn and works to not be noticed
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27
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Not using stigmatizing language for SUDs is especially important for what age group?

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Adolescents

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28
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What is seen when a child in the family is struggling with an SUD

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  • Parents might be blamed for addiction
  • Puts strain on marriage
  • Sibling upset
  • Inadequate support and resources
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When you are partnered with a person with an SUD

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  • Substance becomes a priority
  • High rates of anxiety and depression for the non-addicted partner
  • Risk of intimate partner violence
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Who typically cares for people with a SUD

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The family

> they provide housing, funding, and practical support (act like case managers)

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Challenges of families dealing with a person with an SUD

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  • Isolation
  • Exhaustion
  • Hopelessness
  • Guilt or resentment
  • Fear of stigma
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Treatment when there is a SUD in the family is usually focused on who?

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The person with the SUD

The rest of the family usually does not get attention and does not know how to support the person in their recovery

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Why should the family be involved in SUD treatment?

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  • THey are already involved
  • They may need help
  • Helps them know how to support their loved one
  • The better the family is at supporting, the better the outcome for the person in recovery
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Psychoeducation as a part of family therapy for SUDs

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Information on substance use and related problems to help families cope, problem solving, social support, and crisis management

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What is the goal of psychoeducation

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To reduce stress in the family and help them feel empowered to move forward

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Philosophies of families ability to influence the addicts substance use in Al-Anon and CRAFT

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Al-Anon = you are powerless
CRAFT = you have influence through your reinforcement of behaviour
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37
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How is enabling problematic in SUD relationships

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You make it easier for the person to use the substance by helping the person avoid the natural consequences of their substance use

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How are natural consequences beneficial

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Because it can make people think twice before making a bad decision they have made before

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What is a codependent relationship

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Relationship pattern where the partner of the person with a SUD is overly involved or enmeshed, and is unable or unwilling to set limits

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Why might enmeshment or codependency develop?

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May be rooted in a fear of abandonment

A mechanism of coping with the stress of living with a person with an SUD

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41
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Is co-dependency a mental illness

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no

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42
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“Codependence” in other cultures

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Other cultures have different expectations of involvement in each other’s lives, so to automatically call it a negative thing is not culturally sensitive

43
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What is the intention of an Intervention? How?

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To get a person with an SUD into treatment
Family gathers with the support of a trained professional to read the proposed consequences ot the person if they do not enter treatment

44
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What is the thought behind Interventions

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Breaks through the denial of the person with a SUD and communicates to them in no uncertain terms the reality and impacts of their use

45
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Treatment outcomes of going into treatment caused by an intervention

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The person may feel that they are being coerced, can lead to resentment
Many of them drop out of treatment

46
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Transtheoretical model of change (6)

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Pre-contemplation 
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse
47
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Why can family therapy be really difficult

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Each family member might be at a different stage of change

48
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What is a cannabis overdose

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You cannot die, but taking too much can make you paranoid, vomit or pass out

49
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Hyper emesis

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Uncontrollable vomiting in chronic cannabis users

50
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What is stronger, hash (plant resin) or cannabis?

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Hash

51
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CCSA

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Canadian Centre for Substance use and Addiction

52
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About what percent of people who use cannabis products use for medial reasons?

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~25 %

53
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Danger of edibles

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Takes a long time to kick in so people often have too much

Plus, who just has one brownie?

54
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What is the most common and fastest route of administration for marijuana?

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Inhalation

>need to worry about carcinogens

55
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What is the benefit of the inhalation route of administration?

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You are better able to gage and control your dosing

56
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Is there any benefit to using water bongs? are they safer?

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no

57
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T/F, the potency of weed has been increasing

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True

58
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Is the lung function alteration caused by cannabis permanent?

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If you stop using it goes away

59
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Which has more tar and carcinogens: cigarettes or blunts (weed)

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blunts

60
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Dangers of second hand cannabis smoke

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Just as bad or worse than cigarette smoke but it will not make you high

61
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Why does TCH stay in the body for so long?

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It is lipid soluble and is stored in your fat cells

> So metabolites can be detected in your urine up to a month later

62
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Location of the CB1 and CB2 receptors

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CB1 = brain 
CB2 = immune system
63
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Regular cannabis use makes a person __x more likely to develop schizophrenia (especially when they use young)

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2 times

64
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3 possible explanations for the link between cannabis and psychosis

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  1. Cannabis use causes psychosis
  2. Psychosis causes cannabis use (self-medication)
  3. Cannabis use is a trigger or stressor for those at high-risk for developing psychosis (diathesis-stress)
65
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Cognitive effects of cannabis use (short term)

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  • Impaired short term memory
  • Altered perception of time
  • Decreased attention
  • Flight of ideas
  • Feelings of unreality
66
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What is the main reason people consume cannabis

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For the mood alterations

67
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Positive and negative emotional effects of cannabis

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Positive: makes you happy and relaxed
Negative: makes people agitated, anxious, paranoid and delirious

68
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T/F: people are more aggressive when using cannabis?

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False, they are less aggressive

69
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A-motivational Syndrome (cannabis)

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Apathy, loss of ambition, decreased sense of goals, decreased effectiveness, difficulty attending and concentrating

> Role of cannabis is unclear
Research does not support the existence of this syndrome

70
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Tolerance with cannabis

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Findings are inconsistent in humans

71
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Sensitization (reverse tolerance) with cannabis

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After repeated exposure to the drug, your response is enhanced

72
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Is there physical dependence with cannabis?

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People with sustained heavy use can experience “cannabis withdrawal syndrome” which is evidence for physical dependence

73
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Who is eligible for medical marijuana?

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Category 1: to treat symptoms for end of life care or specific medical conditions
Category 2: Treatment for debilitating conditions that haven’t responded to other treatments

74
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Harm Reduction def

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anything that decreases the harms associated with substance use

75
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How is harm reduction different than abstinence programs?

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It tries to get people to cut down on their use, not stop all together right away.
It acknowledges that behaviour change is difficult and tries to meet people where they are at

76
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Who are central to harm reduction efforts

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Peers

77
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“Lived and Living” experience + role in harm reduction

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People who were or still are drug users helping support their peers
There is increased collaboration with healthcare providers and researchers

78
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What is the aim of needle exchange programs

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Attempt to reduce sharing dirty needles and the spread of infection

79
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Do needle exchange programs increase drug use

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No

80
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What are supervised injection sites (SIS)/ safer consumption sites (SCS)

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Provide a supervised location for intravenous drug users to inject or consume drugs where clean equipment is provided

81
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2 types of agonist replacement therapies. What type of drug do they treat

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Methadone and buprenorphine

Treatment for opioid addiction

82
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What are the benefits to methadone treatment (3)

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  • They have large retention rates
  • Taken orally so decreases the risk of infection
  • Makes withdrawal more manageable
83
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What are the benefits to buprenohpine treatment? (2)

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  • Relives withdrawal symptoms and prevents relapse

- Safer than methadone, less chance of an overdose

84
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When is prescription heroin used in treatment?

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When NOTHING else has worked

85
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“Wet” shelters

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A glass of wine is served once an hour to help people reduce their consumption and engage in less risky behaviour

86
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Managed alcohol programs

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Permanent supportive housing for people in recovery from an alcohol use disorder though a medically regimented alcohol administration

87
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Harm reduction for tobacco

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Smokeless tobacco produces like E-cigarettes, patches, and gum to reduce cancer risks

88
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Drug checking

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people submit a sample of a street drug they have bought to test what is in it before they take it
>results in minutes

89
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2 main drug checking methods

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Fentanyl test strips

FTIR Spectrometer

90
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Recommendations when a sample tests positive for contamination after drug testing

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  • Throw away contaminated drugs
  • Use less
  • Don’t use alone
  • Get a naloxone kit
91
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What is CENDU and what do they do?

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A national surveillance network that monitors the drugs in use.
They aim to identify the presence of new drugs and inform health care providers to ensure they are prepared to deal with it

92
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Client-treatment matching

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Matching the intensity of the care/treatment for the severity of the addiction

93
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Community offerings for drug help (5)

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  • Community self help groups
  • Public education
  • Prevention programs (often school based
  • Early intervention programs
  • Driver intervention programs
94
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4 drug treatment settings

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  • Outpatient services
  • Intensive outpatient/ day treatment
  • Residential or inpatient
  • Aftercare programs
95
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What is a treatment plan

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You have done an assessment and have a diagnosis

They are roadmaps for treatment

96
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Why are treatment plans important for both the therapist and client

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  • Makes sure they are on the same page
  • Tracks progress
  • keeps care on track
97
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How is the treatment plan made?

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In collaboration with the client in language they can understand. It is individualized with measurable goals

98
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Goal vs objective

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Goal = the end point of treatment in general terms to know when treatment is finished 
Objective = specific steps in achieving that goal
99
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What does it mean that the treatment plan is a living document

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That it is flexible and it should evolve with the client throughout treatment

100
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Where do objectives come from?

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They focus on reducing symptoms and increasing function

101
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For every objective in the treatment plan, there needs to be at least one ________

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treatment intervention plan from the therapist

102
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5 elements that a treatment plan needs to include

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  • builds on client strengths
  • incorporates “recovery capital”
  • identifies who is responsible for what
  • allows tracking of progress. change direction as needed
  • reflects the client’s degree of readiness for change `
103
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there is overlap between recovery capital and what

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the social determinants of health

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