Introductory Q & A format about addiction, based on the informative pamphlet accompanying HBO and the NIDA, NIAAA documentary entitled, "Addiction; Why Can't They Just Stop?'
12. FACT: ADDICTION IS NOT A MORAL
FAILURE, AND IT IS NOTA DEFECT OF
CHARACTER.
13. 6. THERE ARE TWO PARTS/FUNCTIONS
OF THE BRAIN THAT CAN BE “HIJACKED”
BY DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOL. WHAT
ARE THEY?
14. TWO PARTS/FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN
THAT CAN BE “HIJACKED” BY ALCOHOL
AND DRUGS:
A. THE REWARD/PLEASURE
PATHWAYS AND
B. THE DECISION-MAKING FRONTAL
LOBE
23. 10. TRUE OR FALSE:
MANY ADDICTS HAVE ONE OR MORE CO-
OCCURRING MENTAL DISORDERS (SUCH AS
DEPRESSION OR ADHD) THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED AT THE SAME TIME AS A
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER.
24. TRUE STATEMENT.
•MANY ADDICTS HAVE ONE OR MORE CO-OCCURRING
MENTAL DISORDERS (SUCH AS DEPRESSION OR
ADHD) THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE SAME
TIME AS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER.
25. 11. TRUE OR FALSE:
THERE ARE MEDICAL TREATMENTS
AVAILABLE TO HELP TREAT ADDICTIONS TO
OPIOIDS (PRESCRIPTION PAIN KILLERS,
HEROIN) AND ALCOHOL.
26. TRUE STATEMENT
•THERE AREMEDICAL TREATMENTS
AVAILABLE TO HELP TREAT ADDICTION TO
OPIOIDS (PRESCRIPTION
PAINKILLERS, HEROIN) AND ALCOHOL.
27. 12. TRUE OR FALSE:
AA AND OTHER 12-STEP PROGRAMS ARE MUTUAL
SUPPORT GROUPS AND ALONE ARE NOT
CONSIDERED TREATMENT. THEY HELP MANY
PEOPLE BUT DO NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE.
28. TRUE STATEMENT
•AA AND OTHER 12-STEP PROGRAMS ARE
MUTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS AND ALONE
ARE NOT CONSIDERED TREATMENT. THEY HELP
MANY PEOPLE BUT DO NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE.
29. 13. ADDICTION SHOULD BE VIEWED AS
A ____________ ILLNESS, ONE THAT
MAY REQUIRE ALTERNATIVE KINDS OF
CARE, AND/OR AFTERCARE.
30. ADDICTION SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A
CHRONICILLNESS, ONE THAT MAY
REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE KIND OF
CARE, AS WELL AS AFTERCARE.
32. NO. . . TREATMENT DOES NOT HAVE TO
BE VOLUNTARY TO BE EFFECTIVE. BUT
ULTIMATELY, THE ADDICT MUST TAKE
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS
OR HER RECOVERY.
33. 15. TRUE OR FALSE:
EVIDENCE-BASED (THOSE PROVEN TO BE
EFFECTIVE) BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES ARE THE BEST
AVAILABLE TREATMENTS FOR TREATING
ADDICTION TO STIMULANTS (COCAINE,
METHAMPHETAMINE).
34. TRUE STATEMENT!
•EVIDENCE-BASED (THOSE PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE)
BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES ARE THE BEST
AVAILABLE TREATMENTS FOR TREATING
ADDICTION TO STIMULANTS (COCAINE, METH).