Substance-Related, Addictive and Impulse-Control Disorders

Question 1

Range
of problems associated with the use and abuse
of drugs such as alcohol, cocaine, heroin,
and other substances people use to alter the
way they think, feel, and behave. These are
extremely costly in human and financial terms.

Answer 1

substance-related and addictive disorders

Question 2

Disorders in which a
person acts on an irresistible, but potentially
harmful, impulse.

Answer 2

impulse-control disorders

Question 3

Cognitive, biological,
behavioral, and social problems associated
with alcohol use and abuse.

Answer 3

alcohol-related disorders

Question 4

Substances, such as

drugs, that alter mood or behavior.

Answer 4

psychoactive substance

Question 5

The ingestion of psychoactive substances
in moderate amounts that does not
significantly interfere with social, educational,
or occupational functioning.

Answer 5

substance use

Question 6

Antianxiety drugs including
Valium, Xanax, Dalmane, and Halcion also
used to treat insomnia. Effective against
anxiety (and, at high potency, panic disorder),
they show some side effects, such as
some cognitive and motor impairment, and
may result in substance dependence. Relapse
rates are extremely high when the drug is
discontinued.

Answer 6

benzodiazepines

Question 7

Stimulant medication used to
treat hypersomnia by keeping the person
awake during the day, and to treat narcolepsy,
including sudden onset episodes, by suppressing
rapid eye movement sleep.

Answer 7

amphetamines

Question 8

A problematic pattern of
cannabis use leading to clinically significant
impairment or distress.

Answer 8

cannabis use disorders

Question 9

Need for increased amounts of a
substance to achieve the desired effect, and a
diminished effect with continued use of the
same amount.

Answer 9

tolerance

Question 10

Severely negative physiological
reaction to removal of a psychoactive
substance, which can be alleviated by the
same or a similar substance.

Answer 10

withdrawal

Question 11

Pattern of psychoactive substance
use leading to significant distress or
impairment in social and occupational roles
and in hazardous situations.

Answer 11

substance abuse

Question 12

Psychoactive substances that elevate
mood, activity, and alertness, including
amphetamines, caffeine, cocaine, and
nicotine.

Answer 12

stimulants

Question 13

Addictive psychoactive substances such
as heroin, opium, and morphine that cause
temporary euphoria and analgesia (pain
reduction).

Answer 13

opiates

Question 14

Any psychoactive substance
such as LSD or marijuana that can produce
delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, and
altered sensory perception.

Answer 14

hallucinogens

Question 15

Other substances that are
abused but do not fit easily into one of the
common categories including inhalants,
anabolic steroids, and other over-the-counter
and prescription medications.

Answer 15

other drugs of abuse

Question 16

Persistent and recurrent
problematic gambling behavior leading
to clinically significant impairment or
distress

Answer 16

gambling disorder

Question 17

Frightening hallucinations and body tremors
that result when a heavy drinker withdraws
from alcohol.

Answer 17

withdrawal delirium (delirium tremens/DTs)

Question 18

Organic brain
syndrome resulting from prolonged heavy
alcohol use, involving confusion, unintelligible
speech, and loss of motor coordination.
It may be caused by a deficiency of thiamine,
a vitamin metabolized poorly by heavy
drinkers.

Answer 18

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Question 19

Pattern of problems
including learning difficulties, behavior
deficits, and characteristic physical flaws,
resulting from heavy drinking by the victim’s
mother when she was pregnant with the
victim.

Answer 19

fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

Question 20

Cognitive, biological,
behavioral, and social problems associated
with the use and abuse of nicotine.

Answer 20

tobacco-related disorders

Question 21

Dried flowers and
leaves of the hemp plant; a hallucinogen that
is the most widely used illegal substance.

Answer 21

Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) (marijuana)

Question 22

Most
common hallucinogenic drug; a synthetic
version of the grain fungus ergot.

Answer 22

LSD (d-lysergic acid diethylamide)

Question 23

Cognitive, biological,
behavioral, and social problems associated
with the use and abuse of hallucinogenic
substances.

Answer 23

hallucinogen use disorders

Question 24

Toxic and addictive substance found in

tobacco leaves.

Answer 24

nicotine

Question 25

Patch placed on the skin that
delivers nicotine to smokers without the
carcinogens in cigarette smoke. Somewhat
more successful than nicotine gum because it
requires less effort by the wearer and delivers
the drug more consistently; should be coupled
with counseling to stop smoking and avoid
relapse.

Answer 25

nicotine patch

Question 26

Medications that block or
counteract the effects of psychoactive
drugs.

Answer 26

antagonist drugs

Question 27

An extremely controversial
treatment approach to alcohol dependence,
in which severe abusers are taught to drink in
moderation.

Answer 27

controlled drinking

Question 28

Extending therapeutic progress
by teaching the client how to cope with
future troubling situations.

Answer 28

relapse prevention

Question 29

Persistent and recurrent
problematic gambling behavior leading
to clinically significant impairment or
distress

Answer 29

gambling disorder

Question 30

Episodes during
which a person acts on aggressive impulses
that result in serious assaults or destruction of
property.

Answer 30

intermittent explosive disorder

Question 31

Recurrent failure to resist urges to
steal things not needed for personal use or
their monetary value.

Answer 31

kleptomania

Question 32

An impulse-control disorder that

involves having an irresistible urge to set fires.

Answer 32

pyromania