Substance-Related Disorders

What is the estimated annual cost of drug misuse in the United States, as mentioned in the text?

What is the term for the pattern of behavior where individuals not only abuse a drug but also center their lives on it, possibly acquiring a physical dependence?

According to the data presented, which racial or ethnic group in the United States has the highest rate of substance abuse or dependence?

What is the name for the practice of taking more than one substance at a time?

At what concentration of ethyl alcohol in the blood does a drinker typically cross the line into intoxication?

What is the primary reason that as many as one-half of Asian individuals have a lower rate of alcoholism?

Which dramatic withdrawal reaction, experienced by a small percentage of people dependent on alcohol, consists of terrifying visual hallucinations?

What is the most popular group of sedative-hypnotic drugs, developed in the 1950s, which includes Xanax, Ativan, and Valium?

What is the primary mechanism through which opioids like heroin and morphine create their effects?

What is the most immediate and significant danger of heroin use described in the text?

Cocaine produces its euphoric effects largely by increasing the supplies of which neurotransmitter at key neurons throughout the brain?

What is crack?

Which drug is described as the world's most widely used stimulant, consumed daily by around 80 percent of the world's population?

What is the term for a recurrence of the sensory and emotional changes after LSD has left the body, which can occur days or even months after the last experience?

What is the main active ingredient in cannabis substances that is most responsible for their effects?

What happens in a synergistic effect when two or more drugs with similar actions, like alcohol and barbiturates, are taken together?

According to the sociocultural view, people are more likely to develop substance abuse patterns when they live under what kind of conditions?

What phenomenon of operant conditioning do behaviorists cite to explain why the temporary reduction of tension from a drug increases the likelihood that a user will take it again?

According to adoption studies, which group of adoptees typically shows higher rates of alcohol abuse?

What is the reward-deficiency syndrome theory of drug misuse?

What is aversion therapy?

What is the primary goal of relapse-prevention training?

Which type of biological treatment involves the systematic and medically supervised withdrawal from a drug?

What is the function of an antagonist drug like disulfiram (Antabuse) in the treatment of alcoholism?

What is the primary purpose of a methadone maintenance program?

What is the core principle of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?

What are residential treatment centers like Daytop Village and Phoenix House also known as?

What did the DSM-5 task force propose should happen to the distinction between substance abuse and substance dependence?

What non-substance-related disorder did the DSM-5 task force propose adding to the 'Substance Use and Addictive Disorders' category?

What percentage of all teens and adults in the United States display a pattern of substance abuse or dependence in any given year?

A binge-drinking episode is defined as consuming how many drinks on a single occasion?

What cluster of problems can be caused in a child by excessive alcohol intake by the mother during pregnancy?

Morphine dependence became known as 'soldiers' disease' after which historical event?

What is the primary danger of barbiturate dependence, related to tolerance?

What percentage of college students binge-drink at least once each year?

According to the text, a phenomenon called cross-tolerance means that a chronic user of alcohol could reduce withdrawal symptoms by taking which other type of drug?

What is a major concern about the use of methamphetamine?

According to the text, what percentage of today's marijuana has a THC content of, on average, 8 percent?

What is the primary argument of the psychodynamic view on substance abuse?

The long-term effects of regular marijuana use include a reduction in the ability to expel air from the lungs, which is even more pronounced than with tobacco smoking, and what other reproductive health concern?

In a behavioral treatment called contingency management, what are clients given for providing drug-free urine samples?

What is a major limitation of psychodynamic therapies when applied to substance-related disorders?

Within how many years did Dr. Kevorkian die after his release from prison on parole in 2007?

What is the primary function of the pleasure pathway in the brain, which extends from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens and frontal cortex?

How many states have laws that explicitly criminalize assisted suicide, according to the text?

According to the text, what percentage of all high school seniors have used an illegal drug within the past month?

In a study of the effectiveness of relapse-prevention training, what did therapists instruct clients to do as a behavioral technique?

According to the table titled 'Methods of Taking Substances', what is the fastest method of getting a drug to the brain?

What is the primary difference between the abstinence goal of Alcoholics Anonymous and the controlled-drinking goal of relapse prevention training?

What is the name for the hallucinogenic drug derived from ergot alkaloids, which became famous in the 1960s?