Substance Use Disorders

Question 1

What is the commonly used illicit drug?

Answer 1

Marijuana

Question 2

What is the most frequently used substance?

Answer 2

Alcohol

Question 3

Severity Ratings for Substance Use Disorder: Mild, Moderate, Severe

Answer 3

Mild - 2-3 criteria
Moderate - 4-5 criteria
Severe - 6+

Question 4

Neurotransmitters involved in alcohol

Answer 4

GABA receptors stim. - reduce tension
Serotonin + Dopamine Inc. - Pleasureable effects
Glutamate inh. - slowed thinking

Question 5

NTs involved in nicotine use, part of brain it affects

Answer 5

Activation of dopamine in mesolimbic area leading to addiction

Question 6

According to experimental research on the role of the unconscious, if you are shown a hexagon for 1 millisecond (a level too fast for you to actually perceive consciously), when asked to rate preferences for shapes you will

Answer 6

prefer the hexagon over other shapes

Question 7

Long-term marijuana use may result in __________, even long after one stops using.

Answer 7

short-term memory impairment

Question 8

The proposed DSM-5 has added __________ to the DSM-IV-TR criteria for pathological substance abuse.

Answer 8

craving for substance

Question 9

Tita Fifi drinks almost a fifth of gin a day, may remain intoxicated for two or three consecutive days, and takes Valium every night to calm her nerves and get to sleep. She also likes to self-medicate and has a drawerful of powerful, OTC drugs. Her problem is referred to as ____

Answer 9

polydrug abuse

Question 10

An alcohol withdrawal syndrome with symptoms including disorientation, severe agitation, high blood pressure, and fever is known as ______________

Answer 10

delirium tremens

Question 11

Mark is experiencing the following symptoms after taking a drug: he feels an initial rush of ecstasy, has great self-confidence and has lost all his worries and fears. At the same time, he is feeling drowsy and relaxed. Which of the following drugs is Mark most likely to have taken?

Answer 11

heroin

Question 12

Tim works at a law firm where he is expected to bring in a large number of cases each week. He has been working at this job for five years, typically putting in 70 hours a week. He has begun to experience irritability and has begun to drink alcohol in the evening in order to get to sleep. Based on this information, if he were taking any other drug, it would most likely be

Answer 12

amphetamine

Question 13

Hashish

Answer 13

stronger form of marijuana; derived from resin from cannabis plants.

Question 14

_________ achieve higher blood alcohol concentrations even after adjustment for differences in body weight, due to differences between men and women in body water content and in the enzyme that breaks down alcohol (alcohol ______________)

Answer 14

women, alcohol dehydrogenase