LCDC TEST EXAM 3 2026 ADDICTION
COUNSELING THEORIES AND PRACTICE
ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Withdrawal symptoms of barbituates. Answer: severe and
sometimes life-threatening with-
drawal symptoms. Both anxiety and depres-
sion are common features, and with heavy,
prolonged use, the development of severe grand
mal tonic epileptic seizures can occur.
◉ Benzodiazapines. Answer: anti-anxiety agents; replaced
barbiturates, which have significant abuse potential, to treat anxiety
and other psychiatric conditions, Like barbiturates, have a general
inhibitory effect in the brain by enhancing GABA activity.
◉ Consultee-centered administrative consultation. Answer: has the
goal of improving the professional functioning of staff members, and
is generally based on a more broadly defined role for the consultant.
For example, the consultant may not limit his or her purview to
consultee-generated issues, but rather may be active in evaluating
many different organizational problems.
,◉ Program-centered administrative consultation. Answer: the
consultant considers the range of issues surrounding the
development of a new program or other aspects of organizational
functioning.
◉ Consultee-centered case consultation. Answer: focuses on the
difficulties a consultee faces with a particular client. The primary
goal is to address the deficits in the consultee's functioning that
create problems in handling the present case; client improvement is
secondary.
◉ Client-centered case consultation. Answer: The primary goal here
is to devise a plan for handling a client's difficulties; consultee
education or skill development is secondary.
◉ Opiates. Answer: drugs, natural or synthetic, which have
morphine-like activity. The poppy plant,
is the source of naturally occurring
◉ Opiate affects on neurotransmitters. Answer: mimic the body's
endogenous, or self-
produced, opioid peptide neurotransmitters (en-
dorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins). involved in three major
functions: modulation of pain perception and response to painful
,stimuli; reward; and regulation of homeostatic functions such as
food, water, and temperature regulation. The main types of opioid
receptors have been identified in the brain—
mu, delta, and kappa
◉ Withdrawal from Opiates. Answer: characterized by depression,
irritability, insomnia, nausea, and weakness. locus ceruleus, a
nucleus in the brainstem; has been implicated in the physical signs
of withdrawal
◉ LSD. Answer: psychedelic properties are a result of its actions on
the serotonin neurotransmitter system
◉ MDMA,. Answer: derivative of amphetamine and has both
dopamine and serotonin stimulating properties
◉ Unique quality of MDMA. Answer: stimulates serotonin
neurotransmission by blocking its reuptake into the presynaptic
terminals
◉ psychoactive. Answer: affect one or more of the mental faculties
including mood, feelings, thoughts, perception, memory, cognition,
and behavior.
◉ Narcotics
, Depressants
Stimulants
Hallucinogens. Answer: psychoactive drugs
◉ Depressants. Answer: Drugs that suppress or slow the activity of
the brain and nerves, acting directly on the central nervous system
to create a calming or sedating effect.
◉ Types of Depressants. Answer: this classification includes
barbiturates (phenobarbital, thiopental, butalbital),
benzodiazepines (alprazolam, diazepam, clonazepam, lorazepam,
midazolam), alcohol, and gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB). Taken to
relieve anxiety, promote sleep and manage seizure activity.
◉ Stimulants. Answer: Drugs that accelerate the activity of the
central nervous system; can make you feel energetic, focused, and
alert. This class of drugs can also make you feel edgy, angry, or
paranoid.
◉ ecstasy and methamphetamine. Answer: the most commonly
abused drugs around the world after marijuana.
◉ Hallucinogens.. Answer: act on the central nervous system to alter
your perception of reality, time, and space; may cause you to hear or
see things that don't exist or imagine situations that aren't real.
COUNSELING THEORIES AND PRACTICE
ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Withdrawal symptoms of barbituates. Answer: severe and
sometimes life-threatening with-
drawal symptoms. Both anxiety and depres-
sion are common features, and with heavy,
prolonged use, the development of severe grand
mal tonic epileptic seizures can occur.
◉ Benzodiazapines. Answer: anti-anxiety agents; replaced
barbiturates, which have significant abuse potential, to treat anxiety
and other psychiatric conditions, Like barbiturates, have a general
inhibitory effect in the brain by enhancing GABA activity.
◉ Consultee-centered administrative consultation. Answer: has the
goal of improving the professional functioning of staff members, and
is generally based on a more broadly defined role for the consultant.
For example, the consultant may not limit his or her purview to
consultee-generated issues, but rather may be active in evaluating
many different organizational problems.
,◉ Program-centered administrative consultation. Answer: the
consultant considers the range of issues surrounding the
development of a new program or other aspects of organizational
functioning.
◉ Consultee-centered case consultation. Answer: focuses on the
difficulties a consultee faces with a particular client. The primary
goal is to address the deficits in the consultee's functioning that
create problems in handling the present case; client improvement is
secondary.
◉ Client-centered case consultation. Answer: The primary goal here
is to devise a plan for handling a client's difficulties; consultee
education or skill development is secondary.
◉ Opiates. Answer: drugs, natural or synthetic, which have
morphine-like activity. The poppy plant,
is the source of naturally occurring
◉ Opiate affects on neurotransmitters. Answer: mimic the body's
endogenous, or self-
produced, opioid peptide neurotransmitters (en-
dorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins). involved in three major
functions: modulation of pain perception and response to painful
,stimuli; reward; and regulation of homeostatic functions such as
food, water, and temperature regulation. The main types of opioid
receptors have been identified in the brain—
mu, delta, and kappa
◉ Withdrawal from Opiates. Answer: characterized by depression,
irritability, insomnia, nausea, and weakness. locus ceruleus, a
nucleus in the brainstem; has been implicated in the physical signs
of withdrawal
◉ LSD. Answer: psychedelic properties are a result of its actions on
the serotonin neurotransmitter system
◉ MDMA,. Answer: derivative of amphetamine and has both
dopamine and serotonin stimulating properties
◉ Unique quality of MDMA. Answer: stimulates serotonin
neurotransmission by blocking its reuptake into the presynaptic
terminals
◉ psychoactive. Answer: affect one or more of the mental faculties
including mood, feelings, thoughts, perception, memory, cognition,
and behavior.
◉ Narcotics
, Depressants
Stimulants
Hallucinogens. Answer: psychoactive drugs
◉ Depressants. Answer: Drugs that suppress or slow the activity of
the brain and nerves, acting directly on the central nervous system
to create a calming or sedating effect.
◉ Types of Depressants. Answer: this classification includes
barbiturates (phenobarbital, thiopental, butalbital),
benzodiazepines (alprazolam, diazepam, clonazepam, lorazepam,
midazolam), alcohol, and gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB). Taken to
relieve anxiety, promote sleep and manage seizure activity.
◉ Stimulants. Answer: Drugs that accelerate the activity of the
central nervous system; can make you feel energetic, focused, and
alert. This class of drugs can also make you feel edgy, angry, or
paranoid.
◉ ecstasy and methamphetamine. Answer: the most commonly
abused drugs around the world after marijuana.
◉ Hallucinogens.. Answer: act on the central nervous system to alter
your perception of reality, time, and space; may cause you to hear or
see things that don't exist or imagine situations that aren't real.
