NCAC II treatment and counseling exam
questions with correct answers
Tolerance mechanisms - Answer-Managing drug use by controlling the environment
Stages of addiction - Answer-1)Treatment initiation
2)Early abstinence
3)Maintenance of abstinence
4)Advanced recovery
Meds facilitating recovery - Answer-1) Agonist- mimic effect
2)antagonists- block effect
3)antidipsotropics- cause adverse effect with consumption
4) antipsychotics- control symptoms
Drug and alcohol screening - Answer-1)Drug Abuse screening test (DAST)
2)substance abuse problem checklist
3)CAGE
4)alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT)
5)Michigan alcoholism screening test (MAST)
6) alcohol use inventory (AUI)
Personality dx - Answer-Never appropriate dx early on in treatment. Could be transient
and go in remission with substance use tx
Counseling - Answer-Discuss why relapse happened and how to prevent it in future
If drug screen + and client denies matter is best dropped for that session
Current model of addiction - Answer-1)sense of craving or compulsion
2)loss of personal control over behavior
3)continuation of the behavior despite negative consequences
Levels of care - Answer-Hospitalization
In patient
Residential
PHP
IOP
out patient
Alternative solutions to total abstinence - Answer--Social-education programming
-Harm reduction approach
-complementary and alternative medicine
questions with correct answers
Tolerance mechanisms - Answer-Managing drug use by controlling the environment
Stages of addiction - Answer-1)Treatment initiation
2)Early abstinence
3)Maintenance of abstinence
4)Advanced recovery
Meds facilitating recovery - Answer-1) Agonist- mimic effect
2)antagonists- block effect
3)antidipsotropics- cause adverse effect with consumption
4) antipsychotics- control symptoms
Drug and alcohol screening - Answer-1)Drug Abuse screening test (DAST)
2)substance abuse problem checklist
3)CAGE
4)alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT)
5)Michigan alcoholism screening test (MAST)
6) alcohol use inventory (AUI)
Personality dx - Answer-Never appropriate dx early on in treatment. Could be transient
and go in remission with substance use tx
Counseling - Answer-Discuss why relapse happened and how to prevent it in future
If drug screen + and client denies matter is best dropped for that session
Current model of addiction - Answer-1)sense of craving or compulsion
2)loss of personal control over behavior
3)continuation of the behavior despite negative consequences
Levels of care - Answer-Hospitalization
In patient
Residential
PHP
IOP
out patient
Alternative solutions to total abstinence - Answer--Social-education programming
-Harm reduction approach
-complementary and alternative medicine
