SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - Substance Use Treatment

Question 1

Recovery of youth in substance use
support groups optimized if peers are
matched by? (2x)

Answer 1

Age

Question 2

What data is substance abuse

prevention programs based upon? (2x)

Answer 2

Social Learning paradigms

Question 3

In psychosocial treatment of substance use, what is the goal of stimulus control? (2x)

Answer 3

Helping patient avoid situations related to drug use

Question 4

Neighborhood characteristic that protects against adolescent substance abuse?

Answer 4

Community prohibition against substances

Question 5

Barrier to implementing family-focused model of drug programs for children and adolescents?

Answer 5

Limited parent participation

Question 6

A 14 yo girl in treatment for anxiety mentions drinking alcohol more frequently. She pledges to her parents to stop drinking, but the parents complain that she is becoming increasingly secretive about her social activities, has declining grades, and reports anxiety about college. How should you approach the parents’ concerns?

Answer 6

Allow the patient to engage in social activities contingent on school performance

Question 7

16 yo male started using cigarettes in 6th grade, then alcohol, marijuana in 7th grade, and amphetamines and cocaine in 10th grade. Pt has kept a B average but is associating with peers using substances. Pt has older sibling that binge drank in college and maternal aunt and grandmother with
depression. History best illustrates this
etiology of abuse?

Answer 7

Stage theory

Question 8

Universal prevention programs that try to decrease risky behavior and increase function focus on?

Answer 8

Skill development in self-management and

problem solving