AADC FINAL EXAM GUIDE 2025 WITH CORRECTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS|GUARANTEED PASS
Dependency - occurs when a drug user experiences physical or psychological distress
upon discontinuing use of the drug.
Addiction - implies compulsive use, impaired control over using the substance,
preoccupation with obtaining and using the drug, and continued use despite adverse
consequences.
Five Critical Components of Effective Treatment - Assess
Patient-Treatment Matching (individualized)
Comprehensive Services
Relapse Prevention
Accountability
DSMV removed what distinction? - The distinction between abuse and dependence.
Substance Use Disorders Have _____ Criteria... including ______ and _______. - 11
including tolerance and withdrawal.
Once addiction reaches dependency, it is now a _____________. - Chronic and relapsing
disorder.
Medical View of Addiction - Disease Model
Criminal View of Addiction - Protect Public
Process of Stimulus and response - Sensory, Interconnection, Motor Responses
Two Major Structures in the Nervous System - Central Nervous System and Peripheral
Nervous System
Two Parts of the Peripheral Nervous System - Autonomic and Somatic systems
Psychoactive drugs majorly affect this - synapses
Alcohol affects what part of the Nervous System - CNS
,Two key issues that separate alcohol use from alcohol abuse - Tolerance and loss of
control
Sedatives-Hypnotics - Barbiturates
Inhalants are - CNS Depressants
Marijuana has - Depressant, stimulant, analgesic and hallucinogenic effects
CNS Stimulants - Caffeine, Nicotine, and Amphetamines
Disease means - an involuntary disability
treatment approaches - Medical, Biopsychosocial, social, clinical
Three substances that require detox - Alcohol and CNS Depressants, Opiates, Cocaine
12 Core Functions - 1. Screening
2. Intake
3. Orientation
4. Assessment
5. Treatment Planning
6. Counseling
7. Case Management
8. Crisis Intervention
9. Client Education
10. Referral
11. Record Keeping
12. Consultation
Invented Psychodynamic Theory - Sigmund Freud
Invented Client-Centered Therapy - Carl Rogers
Invented Rational-Emotive Therapy - Albert Ellis
Invented Transactional Analysis Therapy - Eric Berne
,Invented Gestalt Therapy - Fritz Perls
Invented Reality Therapy - William Glasser
Types of Behaviorism - Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning
Inventor of Classical Conditioning - Pavlov
Inventor of Operant Conditioning - BF Skinner
Four Parts of Operant Conditioning - Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
Types of Extinction - Implosive Therapy and Flooding (PE)
Basis of a Treatment Plan - Assessment
Who invented Johari's Window - Joe and Harry
Psychodynamic Theory Personalities - Id, Ego, SuperEgo
The event does not cause the action - RET
Helping the individual get back in touch with objective and moral reality by making responsible
choices - Reality Therapy
Satisfaction without harming others - Reality Therapy
Three Ego States of Transactional Analysis Therapy - Parent, Adult, Child
Transactional Analysis - Based on life experience, a person develops one of four life
positions from which he/she views himself, other and the world
Goal of therapy: new response to old stimulus - Behaviorism
Common Co-Occuring Disorder for addiction counselors - Personality Disorders, Mood
Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders
3 Perspectives - Moral, Legal, Ethical
Wyatt V Stickney:
, Rights of involuntarily committed patients, constitutionally entitled to treatment - Patient
Rights
Confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patients - 42 C.F.R. Part 2
Tarasoff V Regents:
Threatening violence to specific victim, warn both intended victim and police
Only when reasonable identifiable victims when client is violent party - Duty to warn
5 MI principles - 1. Empathy through reflective listening
2. Develop discrepancy
3. Avoid argument and confrontation
4. Adjust to resistance
5. Roll with resistance
Stages of Change - 1. Pre-contemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance
Cultural Sensitivity - being open to working with issues of culture and diversity
Cultural Competence - Examine and understand nuances and exercise full cultural
empathy
Cultural Proficiency - working to advance the field through leadership, research, and
outreach.
ASAM Criteria: 3 Types of Programs for People with COD - Addiction only services, Co-
Occuring capable, Co-Occuring enhanced
Basic example of a system - SAMSHA
Comprehensive Continuous Integrated Systems of Care - Model to bring the mental
health and substance abuse treatment systems into an integrated planning process to develip a
compmrehensive, integrated system of care
VERIFIED ANSWERS|GUARANTEED PASS
Dependency - occurs when a drug user experiences physical or psychological distress
upon discontinuing use of the drug.
Addiction - implies compulsive use, impaired control over using the substance,
preoccupation with obtaining and using the drug, and continued use despite adverse
consequences.
Five Critical Components of Effective Treatment - Assess
Patient-Treatment Matching (individualized)
Comprehensive Services
Relapse Prevention
Accountability
DSMV removed what distinction? - The distinction between abuse and dependence.
Substance Use Disorders Have _____ Criteria... including ______ and _______. - 11
including tolerance and withdrawal.
Once addiction reaches dependency, it is now a _____________. - Chronic and relapsing
disorder.
Medical View of Addiction - Disease Model
Criminal View of Addiction - Protect Public
Process of Stimulus and response - Sensory, Interconnection, Motor Responses
Two Major Structures in the Nervous System - Central Nervous System and Peripheral
Nervous System
Two Parts of the Peripheral Nervous System - Autonomic and Somatic systems
Psychoactive drugs majorly affect this - synapses
Alcohol affects what part of the Nervous System - CNS
,Two key issues that separate alcohol use from alcohol abuse - Tolerance and loss of
control
Sedatives-Hypnotics - Barbiturates
Inhalants are - CNS Depressants
Marijuana has - Depressant, stimulant, analgesic and hallucinogenic effects
CNS Stimulants - Caffeine, Nicotine, and Amphetamines
Disease means - an involuntary disability
treatment approaches - Medical, Biopsychosocial, social, clinical
Three substances that require detox - Alcohol and CNS Depressants, Opiates, Cocaine
12 Core Functions - 1. Screening
2. Intake
3. Orientation
4. Assessment
5. Treatment Planning
6. Counseling
7. Case Management
8. Crisis Intervention
9. Client Education
10. Referral
11. Record Keeping
12. Consultation
Invented Psychodynamic Theory - Sigmund Freud
Invented Client-Centered Therapy - Carl Rogers
Invented Rational-Emotive Therapy - Albert Ellis
Invented Transactional Analysis Therapy - Eric Berne
,Invented Gestalt Therapy - Fritz Perls
Invented Reality Therapy - William Glasser
Types of Behaviorism - Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning
Inventor of Classical Conditioning - Pavlov
Inventor of Operant Conditioning - BF Skinner
Four Parts of Operant Conditioning - Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
Types of Extinction - Implosive Therapy and Flooding (PE)
Basis of a Treatment Plan - Assessment
Who invented Johari's Window - Joe and Harry
Psychodynamic Theory Personalities - Id, Ego, SuperEgo
The event does not cause the action - RET
Helping the individual get back in touch with objective and moral reality by making responsible
choices - Reality Therapy
Satisfaction without harming others - Reality Therapy
Three Ego States of Transactional Analysis Therapy - Parent, Adult, Child
Transactional Analysis - Based on life experience, a person develops one of four life
positions from which he/she views himself, other and the world
Goal of therapy: new response to old stimulus - Behaviorism
Common Co-Occuring Disorder for addiction counselors - Personality Disorders, Mood
Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders
3 Perspectives - Moral, Legal, Ethical
Wyatt V Stickney:
, Rights of involuntarily committed patients, constitutionally entitled to treatment - Patient
Rights
Confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patients - 42 C.F.R. Part 2
Tarasoff V Regents:
Threatening violence to specific victim, warn both intended victim and police
Only when reasonable identifiable victims when client is violent party - Duty to warn
5 MI principles - 1. Empathy through reflective listening
2. Develop discrepancy
3. Avoid argument and confrontation
4. Adjust to resistance
5. Roll with resistance
Stages of Change - 1. Pre-contemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance
Cultural Sensitivity - being open to working with issues of culture and diversity
Cultural Competence - Examine and understand nuances and exercise full cultural
empathy
Cultural Proficiency - working to advance the field through leadership, research, and
outreach.
ASAM Criteria: 3 Types of Programs for People with COD - Addiction only services, Co-
Occuring capable, Co-Occuring enhanced
Basic example of a system - SAMSHA
Comprehensive Continuous Integrated Systems of Care - Model to bring the mental
health and substance abuse treatment systems into an integrated planning process to develip a
compmrehensive, integrated system of care
