Download Study Guide for the Course 414 Final Exam The “Twelve Steps” has

Study Guide for the Course 414 Final Exam
1) The “Twelve Steps” has long been the core of traditional treatment for alcoholism. True False
2) Statistically, the incidence of suicide is about 5 times higher in drug abusers than in the general.
True False
3) It is important that patients with anger problems learn to forgive. True False
4) “Personality” is “the enduring way a person thinks, feels, and acts.” True False
5) Generally speaking, antisocial patients are not used to being loved. True False
6) Alcohol disorders and alcohol-related problems are more common among men than women.
True False
7) Alcoholics must understand they cannot live normally as long as they use mood-altering
substances. True False
8) Alcoholics never do things when they are intoxicated that they would do when sober. True False
9) All patients need to be treated in the most restrictive environment to bring the disease under
control. True False
10) An alcoholic who thinks and feels consistently negatively is a prime candidate to relapse. True
False
11) Patients who are chronically negative about themselves, generally cannot identify their assets.
True False
12) The longer you keep your patients in treatment the better, the results. True False
13) Trust is a difficult issue for most chemically dependent persons. True False
14) The counselor should motivate the patient to turn his/her life over to God as quickly as possible.
True False
15) Approximately three fourths of chemically dependent patients have psychiatric diagnoses in
addition to chemical dependency. True False
16) “Dual diagnoses” patients require different forms of treatment from those who have single
diagnosis. True False
17) The biology of depression manifests a physiological problem in the brain. True False
18) The most common secondary diagnosis related to chemical dependency is hysteria. True False
19) Depressed people have a difficult time motivating themselves, and need encouragement to
establish goals. True False
20) As patients present their dysfunctional thoughts, the counselor will begin to see emerging
patterns in their thinking. True False
21) Depression is treatable, but is not curable. True False
22) Many alcoholics treat their pain by drinking to excess. True False
23) Only a few alcoholics have unresolved anger issues. True False
24) There is a higher incidence of antisocial personality disorder among substance abusers than
among the general population. True False
25) Few alcoholics have any significant social anxiety or phobia. True False
26) Dependence occurs more slowly in women and adolescents than in men. True False
27) An alcoholic relapse is very preventable. True False
28) Co-dependents are as blinded and reality-distorted as a chemically dependent person. True
False
29) A co-dependent person usually develops an extraordinary tolerance for neglect and abuse. True
False
30) Co-dependents often think that if they do enough, or analyze enough, the alcoholic problem
will. True False
31) What classification of medications is usually given to a patient in medically supervised
detoxification?
32) Why do alcoholics and addicts need constant repetition while in early recovery?
33) What should a counselor do when a group member doesn't talk?
34) What is the only requirement for membership in AA?
35) What is anhedonia?
36) What happens when patients try new, fun behaviors?
37) What is the average rate of suicide among alcoholics?
38) What emotion destroys more alcoholics than anything else?
39) What percent of alcoholics die before their 60th birthday?
40) What is the rate of risk that children of alcoholics have in developing the disorder?