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Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Dependency
1.  No single treatment is appropriate for all individuals.
A) True
B) False
2.  Addicted or drug-abusing individuals with coexisting mental disorders should have both disorders treated in an integrated way.
A) True
B) False
3.  Medical detoxification is only the first stage of addiction treatment and by itself does little to change long-term drug use.
A) True
B) False
4.  Treatment programs should provide assessment for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.
A) True
B) False
5.  Addicted individuals may require prolonged treatment and multiple episodes of treatment to achieve long-term abstinence.
A) True
B) False
6.  Agonist Maintenance Treatment for opiate addicts usually is conducted in inpatient settings.
A) True
B) False
7.  Therapeutic Communities are residential programs with planned lengths of stay of 6 to 12 months.
A) True
B) False
8.  Relapse Prevention is a psychodynamic based treatment method.
A) True
B) False
9.  Dual disorders recovery counseling (DDRC) is an integrated approach to treatment of patients with drug use disorders and comorbid psychiatric disorders.
A) True
B) False
10.   The DDRC model was primarily developed for use in a mental health or dual disorders treatment setting.
A) True
B) False
11.  The DDRC model is not compatible with pharmacotherapy and family treatment.
A) True
B) False
12.  The counselor needs to be able to effectively network with other service providers since many dually diagnosed patients have multiple psychosocial problems.
A) True
B) False
13.  Generally, the patient talks the most during individual DDRC sessions
A) True
B) False
14.  The DDRC approach can be adapted for virtually any type of addiction, mental health disorder, or combination of dual disorders.
A) True
B) False
15.  The DDRC session ends with a review of what the patient will be doing between this and the next session relating to his or her recovery.
A) True
B) False
16.  The CMRPT integrates the disease model and abstinence-based counseling methods with recent advances in cognitive, affective, and behavioral therapies.
A) True
B) False
17.  The ideal setting for the CMRPT is a primary outpatient program.
A) True
B) False
18.  The CMRPT is not compatible with a variety of other treatments, including 12-step programs.
A) True
B) False
19.  Whether or not a counselor is in recovery is irrelevant to the delivery of the CMRPT.
A) True
B) False
20.  Intoxicated clients are allowed to remain in a CMRPT group.
A) True
B) False
21.  The Living in Balance program is both a psychoeducational and an experiential treatment model.
A) True
B) False
22.  The Living in Balance approach is specifically oriented for a group setting.
A) True
B) False
23.  The intent of the Living in Balance program is to save addiction professionals time and expense by providing pre-prepared sessions.
A) True
B) False
24.  The basic rationale of the LIB model is that persons addicted to drugs develop a sense of imbalance in major areas of life functioning.
A) True
B) False
25.  The LIB model is designed to be used by anyone who has experience as a drug abuse counselor or who has other professional addictions training.
A) True
B) False
26.  The primary goal of addiction counseling is to help the client achieve and maintain abstinence from addictive chemicals and behaviors.
A) True
B) False
27.  Within the addiction counseling model, the agent of change is the counselor.
A) True
B) False
28.  Lack of adequate supervision can contribute to counselor stress and burnout, both of which are seen frequently.
A) True
B) False
29.  The Solution-Focused Model neither encourages nor discourages clients from attending existing self-help programs.
A) True
B) False
30.  In the solution-focused approach, the counselor is seen as a collaborator/consultant hired by the client to achieve the client's goals.
A) True
B) False
31.  The Solution-Focused Model was developed largely on a population that was mandated into treatment.
A) True
B) False
32.  Motivational Enhancement Therapy seeks to evoke from clients their own motivation for change and to consolidate a personal decision and plan for change.
A) True
B) False
33.  MET has been effectively administered by prebachelor's-level university students working as supervised paraprofessional counselors.
A) True
B) False
34.  Behavioral, spiritual, and cognitive principles form the core of 12-step fellowships such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
A) True
B) False
35.  The only viable treatment goal from the 12-step perspective is abstinence from all alcohol or other drug use.
A) True
B) False
36.  The 12-step model regards addiction as an illness characterized by compulsion that overwhelms individual willpower.
A) True
B) False
37.  The Psychotherapeutic and Skills-Training Approach integrates psychotherapeutic and coping skills-training techniques with abstinence-based addiction counseling.
A) True
B) False

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