IL CADC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● Factors that Influence Addiction
Answer: Genetic, Home & Family, Peer & School; Early Use; Method
of Administration; Fundamental changes in the Brain.
●● Theories of Causation
Answer: Moral Model; Disease Model (E.M. Jellinek 1960); Genetic
Model; Cultural Model; Blended Model.
●● Substance Use Disorders (SUDs)
Answer: Exist along a continuum.
●● Drugs of Abuse
Answer: Alcohol is the most frequently abused substance. Drugs
obtained through prescriptions or stolen from pharmacies is a serious
problem.
●● Alcohol
Answer: Alcohol is classified as a sedative-hypnotic, thus a central
nervous system depressant. Alcohol has eights stages of effect: sub-
,clinical, euphoria, excitement; excitement (2); excitement/confusion;
confusion/stupor;coma and death Catholic University of America 2011)
●● Alcohol
Answer: While it is trues that men are more likely to drink alcohol and
in greater amounts, women have a higher risk of developing problems
from alcohol consumption. This is because women generally have less
water than men's bodies. Because alcohol mixes with body water, a
given amount of alcohol is less diluted in a woman's body than in a
man's. Women become more impaired by alcohol's effects and are more
susceptible to alcohol-related organ damage.
●● Cannabis (Marijuana)
Answer: Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is addictive.
●● Prescription Drugs
Answer: Past year abuse of prescription pain killers now ranks second-
only behind marijuana- as the nations's most prevalent drug problem.
●● The classes of prescription drugs most commonly abused:
Answer: Opioid pain relievers such as Vicodin or Oxycontin; stimulants
for treating ADHD such as Adderall, Concerta or Ritalin and Cental
Nervous System depressants for relieving anxiety such as Valium and
Xanax.
,●● Prescription Drugs
Answer: More people die from overdoses of prescription opioids than
from all other drugs combined, including heroine and cocaine (Centers
for Disease Control, 2011).
●● Withdrawal from Drugs of Abuse
Answer: Central to the role of nearly all drugs taht are commonly abused
to prodeuce euphoria is the nucleus accumbens, the brain's "pleasure
center".
●● Withdrawal from Drugs of Abuse
Answer: Attempting to give up a benzodiazepine or alcohol dependency
can result in seizures and worse if not carried out properly.
●● Recovery
Answer: Recovery is a process of change whereby individual's improve
their health and wellness, to live a self-directed life, and strive to reach
their full potential (SAMHSA, 2014)
●● A New Recovery Paradigm
Answer: There has been a shift in traditional clinical practice toward
new priorities of supporting the client in working toward self-defined
goals and taking responsibility for their own life. The new recovery
movement affirms the very real potential for permanent, personal
resolution of behavioral health problems.
, ●● Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
Answer: ROSCs are a model of sustained recovery management (RM).
The RM model wraps traditional interventions in a continuum of
recovery support services spanning the pre-recovery, recovery initiation
and stabilization, and recovery maintenance stages of problem
resolution. Distinctive is the model's emphasis on post-treatment
monitoring and support; long term, stage-appropriate recovery
education; peer- based recovery coaching; assertive linkage to
communities of recovery; and when needed, early re-intervention
(White, 2006).
●● CSAT
Answer: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
●● SAMHSA
Answer: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
●● Recovery and Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
Answer: Important to make the destiction between Recovery and ROSC.
●● Recovery
Answer: Process of change whereby individuals improve their health
and wellness.
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● Factors that Influence Addiction
Answer: Genetic, Home & Family, Peer & School; Early Use; Method
of Administration; Fundamental changes in the Brain.
●● Theories of Causation
Answer: Moral Model; Disease Model (E.M. Jellinek 1960); Genetic
Model; Cultural Model; Blended Model.
●● Substance Use Disorders (SUDs)
Answer: Exist along a continuum.
●● Drugs of Abuse
Answer: Alcohol is the most frequently abused substance. Drugs
obtained through prescriptions or stolen from pharmacies is a serious
problem.
●● Alcohol
Answer: Alcohol is classified as a sedative-hypnotic, thus a central
nervous system depressant. Alcohol has eights stages of effect: sub-
,clinical, euphoria, excitement; excitement (2); excitement/confusion;
confusion/stupor;coma and death Catholic University of America 2011)
●● Alcohol
Answer: While it is trues that men are more likely to drink alcohol and
in greater amounts, women have a higher risk of developing problems
from alcohol consumption. This is because women generally have less
water than men's bodies. Because alcohol mixes with body water, a
given amount of alcohol is less diluted in a woman's body than in a
man's. Women become more impaired by alcohol's effects and are more
susceptible to alcohol-related organ damage.
●● Cannabis (Marijuana)
Answer: Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is addictive.
●● Prescription Drugs
Answer: Past year abuse of prescription pain killers now ranks second-
only behind marijuana- as the nations's most prevalent drug problem.
●● The classes of prescription drugs most commonly abused:
Answer: Opioid pain relievers such as Vicodin or Oxycontin; stimulants
for treating ADHD such as Adderall, Concerta or Ritalin and Cental
Nervous System depressants for relieving anxiety such as Valium and
Xanax.
,●● Prescription Drugs
Answer: More people die from overdoses of prescription opioids than
from all other drugs combined, including heroine and cocaine (Centers
for Disease Control, 2011).
●● Withdrawal from Drugs of Abuse
Answer: Central to the role of nearly all drugs taht are commonly abused
to prodeuce euphoria is the nucleus accumbens, the brain's "pleasure
center".
●● Withdrawal from Drugs of Abuse
Answer: Attempting to give up a benzodiazepine or alcohol dependency
can result in seizures and worse if not carried out properly.
●● Recovery
Answer: Recovery is a process of change whereby individual's improve
their health and wellness, to live a self-directed life, and strive to reach
their full potential (SAMHSA, 2014)
●● A New Recovery Paradigm
Answer: There has been a shift in traditional clinical practice toward
new priorities of supporting the client in working toward self-defined
goals and taking responsibility for their own life. The new recovery
movement affirms the very real potential for permanent, personal
resolution of behavioral health problems.
, ●● Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
Answer: ROSCs are a model of sustained recovery management (RM).
The RM model wraps traditional interventions in a continuum of
recovery support services spanning the pre-recovery, recovery initiation
and stabilization, and recovery maintenance stages of problem
resolution. Distinctive is the model's emphasis on post-treatment
monitoring and support; long term, stage-appropriate recovery
education; peer- based recovery coaching; assertive linkage to
communities of recovery; and when needed, early re-intervention
(White, 2006).
●● CSAT
Answer: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
●● SAMHSA
Answer: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
●● Recovery and Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
Answer: Important to make the destiction between Recovery and ROSC.
●● Recovery
Answer: Process of change whereby individuals improve their health
and wellness.
