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sustained recovery - correct answer✔️✔n
️ o symptoms in past year
According to the NESARC, - correct answer✔️✔️Only with minority with
substance abuse or dependence report using treatment services
8.1% of those with lifetime drug abuse report receiving treatment
37.9% of those with lifetime drug dependence report receiving treatment
For alcohol it's even lower:
7.0% among those with lifetime alcohol abuse
24.1% for those with lifetime alcohol dependence
Among those with illicit drug use disorders treatment is positively associated with
having psychiatric disorder comorbidity
Percentage of people with alcohol or other drug-use-disorders who do not seek
professional treatment - correct answer✔️✔️75 to 90%
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This has led some epidemiologists to label alcohol and drug abuse disorders as
self-limiting
Moos & Finney christened this way of thinking as, the "epidemiologist's illusion"
What proportion of people who resolve alcohol-related problems do so without
formal treatment? - correct answer✔️✔M ️ ost (as many as 75%)
Dawson et al. reported from a national U.S. community sample that: - correct
answer✔️✔️3.1% of persons meeting lifetime criteria for alcohol dependence
had attended 12-Step meetings
5.4% had had treatment only, and 17% had participated in both 12- Step meetings
and treatment.
% of people with SUDs who enter sustained recovery - correct answer✔️✔️58%
how many people with SUDs who enter sustained recovery participated in
treatment - correct answer✔️✔️the majority
how many people with SUDs who eventually abstain or manage to control their
use WITHOUT professional help - correct answer✔️✔M ️ ost
In a study a former alcoholics and smokers what percent reached the state of no
temptation and total self-sufficiency? - correct answer✔️✔️
marijuana use - correct answer✔️✔️NO difference in use among different races
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the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
and
the Monitoring the Future Study.
One important difference between these studies - correct answer✔️✔️The
Monitoring the Future Study documents the association between beliefs about
drugs and use of drugs
acamprosate - correct answer✔️✔️Acamprosate levels increase when given with
naltrexone
heroin overdose syndrome - correct answer✔️✔️consists of a symptom triad:
1. altered mental status
2. depressed respirations and
3. miotic pupils
heroin overdose syndrome most closely resembles - correct answer✔️✔️1. end-
stage liver disease
2. severe electrolyte disorders
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3. conditions associated with acidemia
In twins who both abuse cannabis the concordance rates, respectively, for
monozygotic male twins vs. dizygotic male twins - correct answer✔️✔️28%, 9%
How long do the effects of ingested marijuana last after eating it? - correct
answer✔️✔️6 hours
%patients who abuse cocaine who eventually develope cocaine dependence -
correct answer✔️✔️~ 25%
an example of harmful drinking, as described by the National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism - correct answer✔️✔️3-5 drinks on an episodic or daily
basis
Bupropion (Wellbutrin) - correct answer✔️✔️Increases dopamine and
norepinephrine
When methamphetamines are ingested orally, peak plasma concentrations are
achieved after - correct answer✔️✔️~ 2 hours
Six dimensions of ASAM placement criteria - correct answer✔️✔️1: Acute
Intoxication and/or Withdrawal Potential Dimension
2: Biomedical Conditions / Complications Dimension
3: Emotional, Behavioral or Cognitive Conditions / Complications Dimension
4: Readiness to Change Dimension
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sustained recovery - correct answer✔️✔n
️ o symptoms in past year
According to the NESARC, - correct answer✔️✔️Only with minority with
substance abuse or dependence report using treatment services
8.1% of those with lifetime drug abuse report receiving treatment
37.9% of those with lifetime drug dependence report receiving treatment
For alcohol it's even lower:
7.0% among those with lifetime alcohol abuse
24.1% for those with lifetime alcohol dependence
Among those with illicit drug use disorders treatment is positively associated with
having psychiatric disorder comorbidity
Percentage of people with alcohol or other drug-use-disorders who do not seek
professional treatment - correct answer✔️✔️75 to 90%
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This has led some epidemiologists to label alcohol and drug abuse disorders as
self-limiting
Moos & Finney christened this way of thinking as, the "epidemiologist's illusion"
What proportion of people who resolve alcohol-related problems do so without
formal treatment? - correct answer✔️✔M ️ ost (as many as 75%)
Dawson et al. reported from a national U.S. community sample that: - correct
answer✔️✔️3.1% of persons meeting lifetime criteria for alcohol dependence
had attended 12-Step meetings
5.4% had had treatment only, and 17% had participated in both 12- Step meetings
and treatment.
% of people with SUDs who enter sustained recovery - correct answer✔️✔️58%
how many people with SUDs who enter sustained recovery participated in
treatment - correct answer✔️✔️the majority
how many people with SUDs who eventually abstain or manage to control their
use WITHOUT professional help - correct answer✔️✔M ️ ost
In a study a former alcoholics and smokers what percent reached the state of no
temptation and total self-sufficiency? - correct answer✔️✔️
marijuana use - correct answer✔️✔️NO difference in use among different races
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the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
and
the Monitoring the Future Study.
One important difference between these studies - correct answer✔️✔️The
Monitoring the Future Study documents the association between beliefs about
drugs and use of drugs
acamprosate - correct answer✔️✔️Acamprosate levels increase when given with
naltrexone
heroin overdose syndrome - correct answer✔️✔️consists of a symptom triad:
1. altered mental status
2. depressed respirations and
3. miotic pupils
heroin overdose syndrome most closely resembles - correct answer✔️✔️1. end-
stage liver disease
2. severe electrolyte disorders
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3. conditions associated with acidemia
In twins who both abuse cannabis the concordance rates, respectively, for
monozygotic male twins vs. dizygotic male twins - correct answer✔️✔️28%, 9%
How long do the effects of ingested marijuana last after eating it? - correct
answer✔️✔️6 hours
%patients who abuse cocaine who eventually develope cocaine dependence -
correct answer✔️✔️~ 25%
an example of harmful drinking, as described by the National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism - correct answer✔️✔️3-5 drinks on an episodic or daily
basis
Bupropion (Wellbutrin) - correct answer✔️✔️Increases dopamine and
norepinephrine
When methamphetamines are ingested orally, peak plasma concentrations are
achieved after - correct answer✔️✔️~ 2 hours
Six dimensions of ASAM placement criteria - correct answer✔️✔️1: Acute
Intoxication and/or Withdrawal Potential Dimension
2: Biomedical Conditions / Complications Dimension
3: Emotional, Behavioral or Cognitive Conditions / Complications Dimension
4: Readiness to Change Dimension
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