Three classifications of outpatient treatment include:
a.12 step groups, cognitive behavioral therapy, aftercare
b. Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change, Psychoeducational
c. EAP, court ordered, self-referred
d. Continuing care, intensive outpatient program, day program
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QUESTION 2
Which one of the following is not part of what is considered in determining the level of treatment and care for an individual?
a. Screening
b. Diagnosis
c. Insurance reimbursement limitations
d. Patient problem areas
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QUESTION 3
According to SAMHSA, a major source of referrals to substance use treatment is:
a. Family members
b. Medical providers
c. Employers
d. The criminal justice system
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QUESTION 4
Proper treatment setting is ____________, while a specific treatment approach that meets the needs of the client is _________________.
a. Level of care; best fit
b. Community clinic; harm reduction
c. Inpatient treatment; abstinence
d. Placement matching; modality matching
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QUESTION 5
Which of the following definitions best defines a “Continuum of Care”?
a. An outdated system of care that has been replaced by a triadic level of care.
b. An element of care providing consistency and flexibility in the spectrum, intensity and duration of addiction treatment.
c. A range of inpatient and outpatient services that are available to a patient, but not necessarily utilized.
d. A treatment system in which clients enter treatment at a level appropriate to their needs and then step up to a more intense treatment or down to less intense treatment as needed.
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QUESTION 6
Which one of the following is a true statement?
a. Drug courts have no impact on recidivism rates.
b. Drug courts reduce recidivism rates to about 16%.
c. Despite efforts, drug court recidivism rates have risen to about 25%.
d. Drug courts reduce recidivism rates to about 5%.
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QUESTION 7
Using the correctional system to combat addiction has resulted in all of the following except:
a. Decreased financial cost to taxpayers
b. Deterioration of families
c. High unemployment rates for felons
d. Overcrowding of prisons
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QUESTION 8
Which one of the following lists the correct order and stages of change of the DiClemente and Prochaska model?
a. Denial, contemplation, preparation, action, and relapse
b. Denial, precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance
c. Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance
d. Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and relapse
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QUESTION 9
The accepted practice of treatment for drug and alcohol use disorders in the U.S. is:
a. abstinence
b. Prohibition
c. Harm Reduction
d. Moderation management
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QUESTION 10
Phases of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) usually takes ________.
a. Between 30 to 60 minutes.
b. Between 5 and 10 minutes.
c. About 45 minutes.
d. About 25 minutes.
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QUESTION 11
Ambulatory Detoxification with Extended On Site Monitoring is a Level II-D classification, which means which one of the following?
a. There is no such thing as Ambulatory Detoxification with Extended On Site Monitoring.
b. The client can be served in an outpatient setting with on call support from an addictions specialist.
c. The client is not at this moment in need of inpatient services, is only experiencing moderate discomforts from detoxification, and is able to go home to family and social support.
d. The client is transported by ambulance to a medical detoxification facility.
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QUESTION 12
The correction definition of polytherapy is:
a. The use of one medication in treatment.
b. The use of behavioral sensitization by two counselors in treatment.
c. The use of more than one medication in treatment.
d. The use of drug antibodies to prevent drugs of abuse from entering the central nervous system.
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QUESTION 13
________ are the class of medication often used to treat anxiety.
a. Anticonvulsants
b. Antagonists
c. Agonists
d. Anxiolytics
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QUESTION 14
Some things a clinician can do to support medication compliance with clients include all of the following except:
a. Challenge and contradict the client’s perspective
b. Listen to the client’s attitudes about medications
c. Ground concerns with compliance within the client’s point of view
d. Understand how the client’s subjective beliefs influence compliance
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QUESTION 15
A ____________ is a proved medication that is typically given first to a patient.
a. Anticraving treatment
b. Antagonist
c. First line agent
d. Agonist
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QUESTION 16
The three endogenous chemicals with the most relevance to addiction pharmacotherapy are:
a. Dopamine, norepinephrine, GABA
b. Glutamate, Serotonin, Dopamine
c. Serotonin, dopamine, GABA
d. Serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine
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QUESTION 17
Disulfiram (Antabuse) is considered:
a. Anticraving treatment for alcohol
b. Aversion treatment for alcohol
c. Alcohol withdrawal treatment
d. An anxiolytic
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QUESTION 18
What of the following is not one of the four pharmacokinetic processes?
a. Absorption
b. Reuptake
c. Distribution
d. Biotransformation
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QUESTION 19
The obsessive disinhibition form of a craving is the result of dysfunction in the ___________ neurotransmitter.
a. GABA
b. OP
c.5HT
d. DA
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QUESTION 20
Naltrexone is considered:
a. Anticraving treatment for alcohol
b. Aversion treatment for alcohol
c. An anxiolytic
d. Alcohol withdrawal treatment
