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CAGE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• The briefest and most widely used.
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• Only four questions asked directly to the person.
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• If someone answers yes to one of the questions then there is an
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indicator that their might be a problem that needs to be further
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investigated.
• If they answer yes to two or more they are sent for further testing.
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• Advantages-yes or no questions
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• Disadvantages-not asking about time frame, self report, not in depth
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about environment, not in depth
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MAST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• Widely used
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• Good reliability and validity
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• Original had 25 self administered questions the one now has only 22.
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• Advantages-it could be a reality check to someone taking it, not very
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time consuming, simple yes and no
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• Disadvantage-it doesn't ask you to explain, doesn't ask time frame
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,AUDIT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• Ten items 1-3 frequency and quantity
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4-6 alcohol dependence 7-10 how harmful alcohol use.
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• Advantages-you can use it in an interview, it's not that long, it's more
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specific
• Disadvantage-not specific enough, doesn't add in the times when
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drinking is more acceptable like vacation etc., not valid
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• Can be self report questionnaire or an interview
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DAST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Screen drugs other than alcohol
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POSIT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-139 items on it
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Used for substance use problems and social, behavioral, and learning
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problems
| Disadvantages-too long, repetitious, lack of consistency | | | | |
| Advantages-more detailed |
SASSI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• Doesn't directly question about
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alcohol/drug use (not like the previous ones) | | | | | |
• Around 50 questions
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• Asks questions about alcohol/drug use on one side and don't on the
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other
• Looking for defensiveness, looking at others, personal affect
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• Disadvantages-could be hard to profile
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,DSM Axises - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-o Axis I-Clinical syndromes
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• Alcohol abuse, cannabis dependency
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o Axis II-Personality disorders/mental retardation
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• Not used very often in alcohol or chemical use
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o Axis III-Medical Conditions
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• Psuerosis of the liver
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o Axis IV-Psychosocial/environmental stressors
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• Losing kids because of substance abuse, lacks good social support
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system
o Axis V-Global assessment of functioning
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• 0-100 how the person is functioning overall
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Narcotics possible effects - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Euphoria,
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drowsiness, respiratory depression, constricted pupils, nausea
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Narcotics effects of OD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Slow/shallow
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breathing, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and possible death
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Narcotics withdrawal syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Water eyes,
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runny nose, yawning, loss of appetite, irritability, tremors, panic,
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cramps, nausea, chills, sweating.
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, Narcotics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Heroin, Morphine, Hydrocodone,
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Hydro-morphone, Oxycodone, Codeine | |
Depressants - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hydroxybutyric Acid, gamma,
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Benzodiazepines etc. |
Depressant effects - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-slurred speech,
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disorientation, drunken behavior without odor of alc., imparired
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membory of events, interacts with alc.
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Depressant overdose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-shallow respiration,
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clammy skin, dilated pupils, weak and rapid pulse, coma, and possible
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death.
Depressant withdrawal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anxiety, insomnia,
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tremors, delirium, convulsions, possible death.
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Stimulants - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cocaine half life=one hour,
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Amphetamine=6-12 hours, Methylphenidate=2 hours | | |
Stimulant effects - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased alertness,
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excitation, euphoria, increased pulse rate, increased blood pressure,
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insomnia, and loss of appetite, dialated pupils.
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complete solutions
CAGE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• The briefest and most widely used.
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• Only four questions asked directly to the person.
| | | | | | | |
• If someone answers yes to one of the questions then there is an
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
indicator that their might be a problem that needs to be further
| | | | | | | | | | | |
investigated.
• If they answer yes to two or more they are sent for further testing.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
• Advantages-yes or no questions
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• Disadvantages-not asking about time frame, self report, not in depth
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about environment, not in depth
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MAST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• Widely used
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• Good reliability and validity
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• Original had 25 self administered questions the one now has only 22.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
• Advantages-it could be a reality check to someone taking it, not very
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
time consuming, simple yes and no
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• Disadvantage-it doesn't ask you to explain, doesn't ask time frame
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,AUDIT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• Ten items 1-3 frequency and quantity
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4-6 alcohol dependence 7-10 how harmful alcohol use.
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• Advantages-you can use it in an interview, it's not that long, it's more
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
specific
• Disadvantage-not specific enough, doesn't add in the times when
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drinking is more acceptable like vacation etc., not valid
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• Can be self report questionnaire or an interview
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DAST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Screen drugs other than alcohol
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POSIT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-139 items on it
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Used for substance use problems and social, behavioral, and learning
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problems
| Disadvantages-too long, repetitious, lack of consistency | | | | |
| Advantages-more detailed |
SASSI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• Doesn't directly question about
| | | | | | | |
alcohol/drug use (not like the previous ones) | | | | | |
• Around 50 questions
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• Asks questions about alcohol/drug use on one side and don't on the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
other
• Looking for defensiveness, looking at others, personal affect
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• Disadvantages-could be hard to profile
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,DSM Axises - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-o Axis I-Clinical syndromes
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• Alcohol abuse, cannabis dependency
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o Axis II-Personality disorders/mental retardation
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• Not used very often in alcohol or chemical use
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o Axis III-Medical Conditions
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• Psuerosis of the liver
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o Axis IV-Psychosocial/environmental stressors
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• Losing kids because of substance abuse, lacks good social support
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system
o Axis V-Global assessment of functioning
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• 0-100 how the person is functioning overall
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Narcotics possible effects - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Euphoria,
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drowsiness, respiratory depression, constricted pupils, nausea
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Narcotics effects of OD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Slow/shallow
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breathing, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and possible death
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Narcotics withdrawal syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Water eyes,
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runny nose, yawning, loss of appetite, irritability, tremors, panic,
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cramps, nausea, chills, sweating.
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, Narcotics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Heroin, Morphine, Hydrocodone,
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Hydro-morphone, Oxycodone, Codeine | |
Depressants - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hydroxybutyric Acid, gamma,
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Benzodiazepines etc. |
Depressant effects - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-slurred speech,
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disorientation, drunken behavior without odor of alc., imparired
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membory of events, interacts with alc.
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Depressant overdose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-shallow respiration,
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clammy skin, dilated pupils, weak and rapid pulse, coma, and possible
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death.
Depressant withdrawal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anxiety, insomnia,
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tremors, delirium, convulsions, possible death.
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Stimulants - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cocaine half life=one hour,
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Amphetamine=6-12 hours, Methylphenidate=2 hours | | |
Stimulant effects - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased alertness,
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excitation, euphoria, increased pulse rate, increased blood pressure,
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insomnia, and loss of appetite, dialated pupils.
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