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HPS325 Addiction - Deakin University

Question 1. Which perspective best explains the reasons for the development of an addiction?
a. The biopsychosocial model
b. Substance specific syndrome model
c. The disease model
d. The learnt behaviour model

Question 2. Billy presents at intake showing signs of withdrawal, craving, tolerance, and general negative impacts on his daily functioning. Using the DSM-5 criteria for Substance Use Disorder, which severity level would you classify him?
a. Severe
b. No sign of SUD
c. Mild
d. Moderate

Question 3. Direct and indirect costs to the community such as health care and absenteeism would fall under which harm category?
a. Environmental damage
b. Loss of tangibles
c. Economic cost
d. Drug-related damage

Question 4. Classical conditioning, brain physiology, and motivation all fall under which key cause of addiction?

a. The external environment
b. The social environment
c. The individual
d. The drug

Question 5. Johnny is resisting treatment as he believes that the drug is causing him to be addicted and that he has no control over how much he consumes. Which model of addiction is he likely in line with?
a. Socio-cultural
b. Biological
c. Temperance
d. Dispositional disease

Question 6. Which factors are hypothesised to result in more severe problematic gambling?

a. Avoidance and amusement
b. Curiosity and psychological distress

c. Pleasure and reward
d. Relief and improvements in abilities

Question 7. Mariah has come to see you for assistance with her problematic alcohol consumption. She states in the intake interview that her main trigger for drinking is an ongoing relationship problem. Which type of service would be most appropriate in the short term?
a. Behavioural therapies
b. Withdrawal services
c. Pharmacotherapy
d. Residential rehabilitation services

Question 8. Antwan is going through the withdrawal process for heroin. She is receiving regular visits from medical support services and has the ongoing support of her family at home. Which type of withdrawal method is she using?
a. Inpatient withdrawal
b. Outpatient withdrawal
c. Residential withdrawal
d. Home-based withdrawal

Question 9. A 120ml drink of fortified wine would contain approximately how many standard drinks?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

Question 10. What is considered the gold standard in assessing problematic gambling in Australia?
a. The DSM Interview
b. The Gamblers Anonymous 20-Questions
c. The Victorian Gambling Screen
d. The Problem Gambling Severity Index

Question 11. Which of the following case management models focuses on building informal support networks?
a. Broker model
b. C.O.R.E model
c. Strengths-based model
d. Generalist model

Question 12. Of the five basic functions of case management, which would include referral, transfer, and other connections of clients to services?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Linking
d. Advocacy

Question 13. Before the Australian AOD service sector moved into a focus on harm minimisation, what was the usual preferred outcome for service users?

a. Reducing harms to self
b. Abstinence
c. Reducing harms to the community
d. Reducing harms to others

Question 14. You are working as a case manager at a local AOD service. Your main goals with each client are to assist them in developing vital defences, communicating hope, and acknowledging areas of competence. Which term do we use to describe these elements?
a. Therapeutic alliance
b. Reflective practice
c. Rapport building
d. Case management

Question 15. If a service user feels confident that they can stop using a drug and is motivated to begin, we would say they are demonstrating high:
a. Ambivalence
b. Empathy
c. Self-efficacy
d. Responsibility

Question 16. Ahkmal has been coming to see you for a number of sessions and remains ambivalent about making a change. You have been employing a number of Motivational Interviewing approaches over your sessions, but today you have decided to provide education about the harms associated with continued use.
Within an MI approach, this would be considered:
a. The opposite of the spirit of MI
b. Best practice
c. Better suited for an earlier session
d. Compassionate

Question 17. Methadone is considered an:
a. Agonist and antagonist
b. Agonist
c. Anti-craving
d. Antagonist

Question 18. Which brain structures are associated with craving?
a. Amygdala and the Nucleus Accumbens
b. Putamen and Caudate Nucleus
c. Ventral Tegmental Area and the Nucleus Accumbens
d. Locus Coeruleus and the Amygdala

Question 19. The experience of extended bullying in childhood or adolescence would be considered which type of risk for AOD problems?
a. Behavioural development
b. Social and emotional competence
c. Social development
d. Physical and cognitive- neurological development

Question 20. Sam is 12 years old and comes to see you for family-based counselling. You note several risk factors present for the development of future AOD problems. Which protective factors could you focus on developing at this age for the best outcome?
a. Emotional competence and social skill development
b. Stress management
c. Physical development
d. Community interaction

Question 21. It is assumed that if adolescents are provided with real life experiences to distract from, or replace alcohol or substance use, then they will take the place of future substance related problems. This idea has only been evaluated effectively in which setting?
a. Team sports
b. Community service
c. Hobbies
d. School-based programs

Question 22. Which country has the toughest stance on illicit drugs?
a. The United States
b. Australia
c. China
d. Holland

Question 23. Why might school aged children become less aware of tobacco graphic warning labels over time?
a. Rebellion
b. Avoidance
c. Habituation
d. Obliviousness

Question 24. Paloma is aware of her constant online gaming. She finds that she sometimes wakes during the night to play a game and plays games on her phone when being served at the supermarket checkouts. What criteria of behavioural addictions would this behaviour best come under?
a. Euphoria
b. Salience
c. Conflict
d. Relapse and reinstatement

Question 25. A biological explanation for behavioural addictions includes:
a. That individuals often show a preoccupation with the behaviour
b. That there are often mental health comorbidities associated with behavioural addictions
c. Norepinephrine often increases when abstaining from the behaviour
d. The behaviour is often learned through classical conditioning principles

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