Client files should be readily accessible to
only those persons directly involved in providing clinical services.
The first barbiturate produced in 1903 was called
barbital
Dr. Sigmund Frued unsuccessfully used cocaine to
reduce the severity of withdrawal symptoms of morphine addicts.
Heroin, a chemically altered form of morphine, was originally introduced as
a cure for morphine addiction.
THC can produce
hallucinations and analgesia
The "businessman's lunch" is a term used for
DMT
T or F : Regarding a "seropositive" result, the following is not a meaning of HIV
antibody test results: The person has the AIDS virus.
True
The Interpersonal style in which a member of a minority group has pride in
his/her racial identity; it's history and cultural traditions and yet is comfortable in
operating in the world is known as:
The Bi-cltural Interpersonal Style
Prohibtion caused _________________to occur.
Decreased number of deaths associated with alcoholism
Several experts believe that burn-out occurs in stages. The first stage
is______________.
enthusiasm
Pattern of drinking accurately associated with the term "alcoholism"
Inability to control the amount one drinks
Metalbolic process that changes alcohol to the compound acetaldehyde
detoxification
Frequent mistake that begining counselors make with clients
Failure to openly discuss each others expectations
Metabolic process that leads to the formation of water and carbon dioxide by
process of chemically heating acetic acid
oxidation
Part of the brain that controls heart rate, hunger, body weight and arterial blood
pressure
hypothalamus
Style of counseling in which a counselor is aware of his/her fears and dislikes for
a minority culture but hides those fears beneath the surface of counseling
Covert (Hidden) Prejudice
T or F: Failure to react to the problem is not an adjustment the family makes to
the problem of chemical dependency.
True
Neurotransmitter associated with arousal and mood
norepinephrine
, Functional and structural unit of the nervous system
neuron
If an anti-ulcer medicine tends to increase blood alcohol levels and thus makes
drinkers more intoxicated, this type of drug interaction would be best described
as _____________.
potentiating
Five Critical Components of Effective Treatment
Assessment, Patient-treatment matching, Comprehensive services, Relapse prevention
and Accountability of the treatment program
The medical view of addiction understands that addicted persons have a
________________.
treatable disease
Addiction is a __________ disorder that is prone to relapse, even after significant
periods of recovery.
chronic
Which two basic categories have treatment approaches evolved?
pharmacological and behavioral modalities
Criminal view of addiction defines drug use as a ___________.
criminal behavior.
The nervous system is comprised of the specialized structures that control and
coordinate all body activities through the process of _______________ and
____________.
stimulus; response
Three stages of the process of stimulus and response
sensory reception, interconnection and motor response
Three major structures of the nervous system
Brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
Two major parts of the nervous system
Central and peripheral nervous systems
Two subdivisions of the peripheral nervous system
somatic and autonomic systems
Somatic system
Comprised of the cranial and spinal nerves which connect the CNS to the skin and the
skeletal muscles
Autonomic System
Nerves connect the CNS to the various body organs; including heart, stomach,
intestines and various glands
If one drug, such as a barbiturate tends to reduce the effectiveness of an oral
contraceptive, the drug interaction would be most accurately described as
_________.
antagonistic
An irresistible impulse
compulsion
T or F: The effects of alcohol abuse can stimulate the brain's frontal lobe.
False
Barbiturates can be sub-classified into group by__________.