ADC Exam Prep Questions and
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Recreational Use typically means - ✔✔weekly or bi-weekly use, typically in a social
setting
You get a shorter and more intense high when - ✔✔the drug is absorbed into the body
faster
Antogonist drug interaction - ✔✔like meth and opiates
Additive drug interaction - ✔✔cumulative effect
Synergistic drug interaction - ✔✔more than comulative
potentiating drug interaction - ✔✔each enhances the other
Tolerance develops as the body seeks - ✔✔homeostatis
When tolerance for barbituates develops (2) - ✔✔tolerance for a lethal dose only
increases a little bit
the potential for an overdose increases the longer a person uses
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,Wernicke's encephalopathy - ✔✔a short term vitamin D defficiency due to poor
nutrition after years of drinking
Signs are poor muscle coordination, eye impairment
80-90% of those with Wenicke's Encephalopathy develop - ✔✔Korsafoff syndrome
(memory issues) and psychosis.
Hepatitis can be caused by drinking? - ✔✔yes, alcohol effects all of the body, especially
the liver
Steatosis - ✔✔fatty deposits in liver (can be result of drinking)
Cirrhosis - ✔✔scarring of the liver
Alcohol changes the chemicals that break down and remove scar tissue. This means that
scar tissue builds up in the liver.
Formication can also be known as - ✔✔Magnon's Syndrom
How does cocaine damage the heart? - ✔✔Arterial constriction
Atherosclerosis (artery hardening and plaque build up)
Amphetamines are similar to the body's hormone - ✔✔adrenaline
what are the two most non alcoholic abused substance in the world
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,Why? - ✔✔marijauna
meth
what drug is harder to quit in terms of dependence than any other drug? - ✔✔nicotine-
7% quit per year
withdrawal is worse than cocaine and almost as bad as heroin
Convergence Theory - ✔✔substance abuse rates among men and women are becoming
more equal
Alcohol use disorders rank how high among the elderly - ✔✔third
early onset - ✔✔young age
late onset exacerbation drinking - ✔✔use without problem but becomes problem in late
adulthood
late onset - ✔✔becomes problem late in life
% of people get treatment for both
% of people that get MH tx
% of people that get AOD tx - ✔✔7.4%
32.9%
3.8%
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, Where mental health is present % of people that have SUD issues - ✔✔25.7%
Where substance use is present % of people that have MH issues - ✔✔17.6%
What does GATE stand for? - ✔✔a substance abuse counselor uses this to address
suicide ideation
Gather info; accessing supervision; take responsible action; extend the action
How many comprehensive assessment domains? - ✔✔14
1. substance abuse hx
2. tx history
3. physical/mental health hx
4. family status, issues, use
5. education
6. employment
7. legal hx
8. emotional, psychological concerns
9. RELIGION/WORLDVIEW
10. LIFESTYLE CONCERNS (sexual orientation, housing)
11. socioeconomic factors
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Answers 100% Pass
Recreational Use typically means - ✔✔weekly or bi-weekly use, typically in a social
setting
You get a shorter and more intense high when - ✔✔the drug is absorbed into the body
faster
Antogonist drug interaction - ✔✔like meth and opiates
Additive drug interaction - ✔✔cumulative effect
Synergistic drug interaction - ✔✔more than comulative
potentiating drug interaction - ✔✔each enhances the other
Tolerance develops as the body seeks - ✔✔homeostatis
When tolerance for barbituates develops (2) - ✔✔tolerance for a lethal dose only
increases a little bit
the potential for an overdose increases the longer a person uses
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,Wernicke's encephalopathy - ✔✔a short term vitamin D defficiency due to poor
nutrition after years of drinking
Signs are poor muscle coordination, eye impairment
80-90% of those with Wenicke's Encephalopathy develop - ✔✔Korsafoff syndrome
(memory issues) and psychosis.
Hepatitis can be caused by drinking? - ✔✔yes, alcohol effects all of the body, especially
the liver
Steatosis - ✔✔fatty deposits in liver (can be result of drinking)
Cirrhosis - ✔✔scarring of the liver
Alcohol changes the chemicals that break down and remove scar tissue. This means that
scar tissue builds up in the liver.
Formication can also be known as - ✔✔Magnon's Syndrom
How does cocaine damage the heart? - ✔✔Arterial constriction
Atherosclerosis (artery hardening and plaque build up)
Amphetamines are similar to the body's hormone - ✔✔adrenaline
what are the two most non alcoholic abused substance in the world
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,Why? - ✔✔marijauna
meth
what drug is harder to quit in terms of dependence than any other drug? - ✔✔nicotine-
7% quit per year
withdrawal is worse than cocaine and almost as bad as heroin
Convergence Theory - ✔✔substance abuse rates among men and women are becoming
more equal
Alcohol use disorders rank how high among the elderly - ✔✔third
early onset - ✔✔young age
late onset exacerbation drinking - ✔✔use without problem but becomes problem in late
adulthood
late onset - ✔✔becomes problem late in life
% of people get treatment for both
% of people that get MH tx
% of people that get AOD tx - ✔✔7.4%
32.9%
3.8%
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, Where mental health is present % of people that have SUD issues - ✔✔25.7%
Where substance use is present % of people that have MH issues - ✔✔17.6%
What does GATE stand for? - ✔✔a substance abuse counselor uses this to address
suicide ideation
Gather info; accessing supervision; take responsible action; extend the action
How many comprehensive assessment domains? - ✔✔14
1. substance abuse hx
2. tx history
3. physical/mental health hx
4. family status, issues, use
5. education
6. employment
7. legal hx
8. emotional, psychological concerns
9. RELIGION/WORLDVIEW
10. LIFESTYLE CONCERNS (sexual orientation, housing)
11. socioeconomic factors
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