LADC REVIEW SHEET QUESTIONS 2026
VERIFIED ANSWERS
⫸ GABA. Answer: Inhibitory neurotransmitter. When normal
function of GABA are disrupted, convulsions can occur
⫸ Cerebrum. Answer: Largest and most complex part of the brain.
Contains billions of neurons and nerve centers.
⫸ MAST. Answer: Michigan Alcohol Screening Test. A self-test that
measures obvious signs and subtle attributes of addiction
⫸ Lost Child. Answer: Usually the youngest child. The child's role is
to cause no trouble for the family. They receive little positive or
negative attention from the family.
⫸ Gestalt Therapy. Answer: Fritz Perls. Goal of therapy is the
integration of experiences into a whole personality. Stays in the here
and now and focuses on body language.
⫸ The 10 Domains. Answer: Clinical Evaluation
Treatment Planning
Referral
Service Coordination
Counseling
,Client family and community education
Documentation
Professional Ethical responsibilities
Research Design analysis and utilization
Clinical Supervision
⫸ Motivational Interviewing. Answer: The direct, client centered
counseling form implemented to elicit behavior change by helping
clients resolve ambivalence to change.
⫸ Extrinsic Motivator. Answer: A rationale for changing substance
use that comes from outside the client
⫸ Privilege. Answer: Legal term that refers to an individuals right not
to have confidential information revealed in a court or other legal
proceedings
⫸ Opiates. Answer: naturally derived from poppies
⫸ Medulla Oblongata. Answer: Part of the brain that connects to the
spinal column. Controls vital centers including breathing, heart rate,
and sleep/wake cycle.
⫸ Hypothalamus. Answer: Maintains homeostasis. Controls heart
rate, chemcial balance, hunger, body weight, GI tract, and sexual
behavior.
,⫸ Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM). Answer: Stages of
change
process of change
self-efficacy
decisional balance
⫸ Stages of Change. Answer: Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
(Relapse)
⫸ Women for Sobriety. Answer: Found by Dr. Jean Kirkpatrick.
Focused on self-esteem as magic building block for recovery
⫸ Parietal Lobes. Answer: Sensory areas responsible for temperature,
touch, pressure, and skin pain
⫸ LD50. Answer: Lethal Dose 50. The Lethal dose it would take to
kill 50% of those who took it.
, ⫸ Frontal Lobes. Answer: Motor areas which control movements and
voluntary skeletal muscles. Deals with higher intellectual processing,
planning, and problem solving.
⫸ 3 Classifications of Narcotics. Answer: Naturally occurring
(opium, morphine, codeine)
Semi-synthetics (Heroin, Hydromorphone)
Synthetics (Methadone, Darvon)
⫸ Advantages of Group Counseling. Answer: Sense of safety in
numbers
intense learning
Expectation to be concerned about others
Cost efficient
⫸ Rational Recovery. Answer: Abstinence based
Addictive Voice
Recognition technique
Recovery is simple
No groups
⫸ Morphine. Answer: Main alkaloid ingredient in opium with a
purity of 4 to 21 percent.
⫸ Occipital Lobe. Answer: Vision
VERIFIED ANSWERS
⫸ GABA. Answer: Inhibitory neurotransmitter. When normal
function of GABA are disrupted, convulsions can occur
⫸ Cerebrum. Answer: Largest and most complex part of the brain.
Contains billions of neurons and nerve centers.
⫸ MAST. Answer: Michigan Alcohol Screening Test. A self-test that
measures obvious signs and subtle attributes of addiction
⫸ Lost Child. Answer: Usually the youngest child. The child's role is
to cause no trouble for the family. They receive little positive or
negative attention from the family.
⫸ Gestalt Therapy. Answer: Fritz Perls. Goal of therapy is the
integration of experiences into a whole personality. Stays in the here
and now and focuses on body language.
⫸ The 10 Domains. Answer: Clinical Evaluation
Treatment Planning
Referral
Service Coordination
Counseling
,Client family and community education
Documentation
Professional Ethical responsibilities
Research Design analysis and utilization
Clinical Supervision
⫸ Motivational Interviewing. Answer: The direct, client centered
counseling form implemented to elicit behavior change by helping
clients resolve ambivalence to change.
⫸ Extrinsic Motivator. Answer: A rationale for changing substance
use that comes from outside the client
⫸ Privilege. Answer: Legal term that refers to an individuals right not
to have confidential information revealed in a court or other legal
proceedings
⫸ Opiates. Answer: naturally derived from poppies
⫸ Medulla Oblongata. Answer: Part of the brain that connects to the
spinal column. Controls vital centers including breathing, heart rate,
and sleep/wake cycle.
⫸ Hypothalamus. Answer: Maintains homeostasis. Controls heart
rate, chemcial balance, hunger, body weight, GI tract, and sexual
behavior.
,⫸ Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM). Answer: Stages of
change
process of change
self-efficacy
decisional balance
⫸ Stages of Change. Answer: Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
(Relapse)
⫸ Women for Sobriety. Answer: Found by Dr. Jean Kirkpatrick.
Focused on self-esteem as magic building block for recovery
⫸ Parietal Lobes. Answer: Sensory areas responsible for temperature,
touch, pressure, and skin pain
⫸ LD50. Answer: Lethal Dose 50. The Lethal dose it would take to
kill 50% of those who took it.
, ⫸ Frontal Lobes. Answer: Motor areas which control movements and
voluntary skeletal muscles. Deals with higher intellectual processing,
planning, and problem solving.
⫸ 3 Classifications of Narcotics. Answer: Naturally occurring
(opium, morphine, codeine)
Semi-synthetics (Heroin, Hydromorphone)
Synthetics (Methadone, Darvon)
⫸ Advantages of Group Counseling. Answer: Sense of safety in
numbers
intense learning
Expectation to be concerned about others
Cost efficient
⫸ Rational Recovery. Answer: Abstinence based
Addictive Voice
Recognition technique
Recovery is simple
No groups
⫸ Morphine. Answer: Main alkaloid ingredient in opium with a
purity of 4 to 21 percent.
⫸ Occipital Lobe. Answer: Vision
