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NUR258-Mental Health Questions
and Correct Answers the Latest
Update
What is substance abuse?


✓ Occurs along a continuum from occasional use, to harm use, to addiction



What is the assessment for substance abuse disorder?


✓ DSM-5 or ICD-11



What assessment can be used to assess the severity of substance abuse

disorder?


✓ The World Health Organisation's Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement
Screening Test (ASSIST)



What assessment tool is used for alcohol withdrawal?


✓ Alcohol Withdrawal Scale



What things can increase the risk of developing SUD?

a) genes

b) family history

c) trauma (particularly in childhood)

d) all of the above

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✓ d) all of the above



What is the stage of change?


✓ A cycle that allows us to identify a person's motivation for change & decide what
interventions will most likely help them at their stage



How many stages are there in the cycle of change?


✓ 6



What does ASSIST stand for?


✓ Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test



What are common pharmacological interventions for substance abuse disorder?


✓ Disulfiram
✓ Naltrexone
✓ Methadone
✓ Buprenorphine



What is an initiative in harm reduction?

a) The War on Drugs

b) Creating clinician-led programs where drug users are told what to do

c) Consumer-led programs created by people who have a history of SUD, for

people with SUD

d) Imprisoning drug users after their third drug offense


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✓ c) Consumer-led programs created by people who have a history of SUD, for people
with SUD



What are the three pillars of harm minimisation?


✓ Reduction in demand
✓ Reduction in supply
✓ Reduction in harm



What is demand reduction?

a) Reducing the adverse health, social & economic consequences of drug use

b) Reducing the production & supply of illegal drugs regulating the availability of

legal drugs

c) Preventing the uptake of use of alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in the

community & supporting recovery


✓ c) Preventing the uptake of use of alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in the community
& supporting recovery



What is Supply Reduction?

a) Reducing the adverse health, social & economic consequences of drug use

b) Reducing the production & supply of illegal drugs regulating the availability of

legal drugs

c) Preventing the uptake of use of alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in the

community & supporting recovery




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