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Substance Abuse Chapter 1:
Substance Abuse Counseling|
complete study guide with
updated answers.
Effective Systems - correct answer✔️✔️Ensure that an individual needing
treatment will be identified and assessed and will receive treatment, either
directly or through appropriate referral, no matter where he/she enters the realm
of services
Substance Abuse Problem - correct answer✔️✔️Is assessed if a client's use of
alcohol or other mood altering drugs has undesired effects on their life or others
lives.
-Using substances is not automatically a problem unless the user's functioning is
negatively affected
-Alcohol is the most common
-The substance users who need the assistance of counselors are those who have
developed life problems or health risks from their drug use
Substance Abuse Counseling - correct answer✔️✔️Should now be defined as:
-Evidence-based
-Respectful and positive towards clients
-Complex
-Collaborative
-Contextual
-Multiculturally competent
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-Oriented toward social justice
-Built on a strong base of professional ethics
Evidence-Based Practices - correct answer✔️✔️Approaches to prevention or
treatment that are validated by some form of documented scientific evidence..
(and) stand in contrast to approaches that are based on tradition, convention,
belief, or anecdotal evidence
-The key to success for substance abuse counselors is simply to be aware of the
advances in the field and to integrate these advances into one's practice
Motivational Interviewing - correct answer✔️✔️The spirit of motivational
interviewing arises from the basic idea that the motivation for change comes from
within the client and is elicited by a skilled and supportive interviewer who
recognizes that the client holds the decision-making responsibility for his or her
own life.
Self-Efficacy - correct answer✔️✔️A person's belief in themselves and their ability
to tackle their behaviors. Plays a pivotal role in whether, how, and why someone
will try to change maladaptive and disruptive behaviors like excessive drinking or
drug use
Dichtonomous Diagnosis - correct answer✔️✔️Interferes with treatment
planning by masking individual differences. Simplistic approach also lessens the
potential effectiveness of treatment by discouraging early intervention in cases of
problematic drinking or drug use.
-Drug or alcohol abuse should be viewed along a continuum from non-
problematic to highly problematic.
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Substance Abuse Chapter 1:
Substance Abuse Counseling|
complete study guide with
updated answers.
Effective Systems - correct answer✔️✔️Ensure that an individual needing
treatment will be identified and assessed and will receive treatment, either
directly or through appropriate referral, no matter where he/she enters the realm
of services
Substance Abuse Problem - correct answer✔️✔️Is assessed if a client's use of
alcohol or other mood altering drugs has undesired effects on their life or others
lives.
-Using substances is not automatically a problem unless the user's functioning is
negatively affected
-Alcohol is the most common
-The substance users who need the assistance of counselors are those who have
developed life problems or health risks from their drug use
Substance Abuse Counseling - correct answer✔️✔️Should now be defined as:
-Evidence-based
-Respectful and positive towards clients
-Complex
-Collaborative
-Contextual
-Multiculturally competent
SUCCESS
, STUDYSAGE
-Oriented toward social justice
-Built on a strong base of professional ethics
Evidence-Based Practices - correct answer✔️✔️Approaches to prevention or
treatment that are validated by some form of documented scientific evidence..
(and) stand in contrast to approaches that are based on tradition, convention,
belief, or anecdotal evidence
-The key to success for substance abuse counselors is simply to be aware of the
advances in the field and to integrate these advances into one's practice
Motivational Interviewing - correct answer✔️✔️The spirit of motivational
interviewing arises from the basic idea that the motivation for change comes from
within the client and is elicited by a skilled and supportive interviewer who
recognizes that the client holds the decision-making responsibility for his or her
own life.
Self-Efficacy - correct answer✔️✔️A person's belief in themselves and their ability
to tackle their behaviors. Plays a pivotal role in whether, how, and why someone
will try to change maladaptive and disruptive behaviors like excessive drinking or
drug use
Dichtonomous Diagnosis - correct answer✔️✔️Interferes with treatment
planning by masking individual differences. Simplistic approach also lessens the
potential effectiveness of treatment by discouraging early intervention in cases of
problematic drinking or drug use.
-Drug or alcohol abuse should be viewed along a continuum from non-
problematic to highly problematic.
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