SBIRT Co-Occurring Disorders Final Exam Questions with Latest Update
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True or False: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to identifying patients who use alcohol and other drugs at risky levels with the goal of reducing and preventing related health consequences, disease, accidents, and injuries. - Answer-True...
SBIRT Co-Occurring Disorders Final
Exam Questions with Latest Update
True or False: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an
evidence-based approach to identifying patients who use alcohol and other drugs at
risky levels with the goal of reducing and preventing related health consequences,
disease, accidents, and injuries. - Answer-True
True or False: Risky drinkers, though individually less likely to experience alcohol-
related problems than those who are alcohol-dependent, makeup the greater portion of
the general population; thus less harm is caused by the population of risky drinkers. -
Answer-False
Research demonstrates that intervening early with individuals at moderate risk is
effective in:
- Reducing substance use
- Preventing health and other related consequences
- Saving healthcare costs
- All of these options - Answer-All of these options
People who exceed the recommended guidelines for alcohol consumption face
increased health risks even if they are not dependent on alcohol, including increased
risk for which of the following:
- Inflammation of the pancreas
- High blood pressure
- Ulcers
- Anemia
- Heart failure
- All of these options; excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk for all of these. -
Answer-All of these options; excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk for all of
these.
Nationally, approximately __________ people enter emergency rooms each day for
alcohol-related injuries and illnesses.
All of the following statements are true about the SBIRT process except:
, - A brief intervention utilizes motivational interviewing techniques focused on raising a
person's awareness of his or her substance use and its consequences, and then
motivating them toward positive behavioral change
- A typical brief intervention takes from five to 15 minutes to conduct
- A brief intervention is provided when a screening indicates minimal risk
- No intervention is provided when there is minimal risk.
- Brief interventions are required in approximately 15 percent of screenings according to
the national average
- SBIRT attempts to incorporate universal pre-screening of all patients for risky alcohol
and other drug use into the normal routine in healthcare settings - Answer-A brief
intervention is provided when a screening indicates minimal risk
Although consuming less is better, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism:
- Men under age 65 should not exceed 3 alcoholic drinks per day
- Regardless of age, men should not exceed 3 alcoholic drinks per day and 7 alcoholic
drinks per week
- Men under age 65 should not exceed 14 alcoholic drinks per week
- Men over age 65 should not exceed 6 alcoholic drinks per week - Answer-Men under
age 65 should not exceed 14 alcoholic drinks per week
True or False: If substance abuse and addiction were its own budget category, it would
rank second most expensive behind elementary and secondary education. - Answer-
True
True or False: For every dollar spent on screening for substance use and providing
early intervention, approximately $4 can be saved in healthcare costs. - Answer-True
True or False: Being repeatedly deployed on military duty does not increase the
chances of having a mental health and/or substance use disorder: - Answer-False
True or False: Repeated deployments are more common for Veterans than they used to
be. - Answer-True
True or False: Females make up one approximately one third of today's military. -
Answer-False
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