Multiple Choice Questions
1) With Barbiturate and Benzodiazepine Abuse and Dependency, sedative intoxication is generally associated with:
2) Which of the following is derived from the hemp plant "cannabis sativa"?
3) A synthetic form of opium was developed by Germany during WWII. This is known as?
4) A long-term user of cocaine may well develop symptoms of other psychological disorders, such as:
5) Amotivational syndrome in cannabis users suggests that those who use cannabis regualry are more likely to:
6) Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) starts to take effect around 30 to 90 minutes after taking it and physical effects include:
7) Individuals with Hallucinogen Dependency can spend many hours and even days recovering from the effects of the drug some hallucinogens - such as MDMA - are often associated with physical 'hangover' symptoms. Which of the following are MDMA hangovers?
8) Which of the following is an important factor in substance abuse?
9) The alcohol intoxicated individual has less cognitive capacity available to process all on-going information, and so alcohol acts to narrow attention and means that the drinker processes fewer cues less well. This is known as:
10) In substance abuse, the term self-medication refers to?
11) Community-based services to offer support in substance abuse consist of self help services such as?
12) Drug-prevention schemes targeting young people and their parents who may be specifically at risk provide:
13) Local community drug prevention schemes have used which of the following?
14) Which of the following are treatments offered by residential rehabilitation centres?
15) In aversion therapy clients are given their drug followed immediately by another drug that causes unpleasant physiological reactions such as nausea and sickness. Rather than physically administering these drugs in order to form an aversive conditioned response the client to imagine taking their drug followed by imagining some upsetting or repulsive consequence. The variant on aversion therapy is known as:
16) Behavioural Self-Control Training (BSCT) is based on conditioning principles. These include which of the following?
17) Which of the following is an assumption of controlled drinking, which is a variant of Behavioural Self-Control Training (BSCT)?
18) In cognitive behavioural therapy for substance abuse individuals may hold dysfunctional beliefs such as "If I lapse then my treatment will have failed" or "I have had one drink so I may as well get drunk". These are known as:
19) Detoxification is a process of systematic and supervised withdrawal from substance use that is either managed in a residential setting or on an outpatient basis. Drug use during detoxification can take which of the following forms?
20) In biological treatments of substance abuse an example of a user being weaned onto a weaker substance would be which of the following?
21) Antabuse or disulfiram affects the metabolism of alcohol so that the normal process of converting toxic alcohol products into non-toxic acetic acids is slowed. Which of the following are problems associated with Antabuse?
22) Which of the following drugs are used to treat substance use disorders by attaching to endorphin receptor sites in the brain?
23) Growing evidence to suggest that nicotine has its effects by:
24) Alcohol Dependence is supported specifically by evidence of tolerance effects and withdrawal symptoms that develop within:
25) The term psychological dependence is used when:
26) Which of the following is an example of a substance use disorder (SUD)?
27) Which of the following is not a hallucinogenic?
28) In the UK a male 'hazardous drinker' would consume how many drinks on a typical drinking day?
29) Following withdrawal after extended heavy drinking over a number of years, the drinker may experience:
30) Which of the following are the consequences of vitamin and mineral deficiencies which can lead to dementia and memory disorders in alcohol abuse?