Adc exam prep - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Moral Model (Definition of Addiction) - Dates to the 1850's. - Defines an addicted client as weak in character. Think "moral failure". - Based on the idea that individuals have free choice and are responsible for their behaviors. Think "morals that are aligned with God" and this approach has influenced public policy and the American judicial system. Self-medication Model (Definition of Addiction) - Originated in the 1960's among psychoanalysts. - Assumes that people self-medicate to...

Recreational Use typically means - Answer weekly or bi-weekly use, typically in a social setting You get a shorter and more intense high when - Answer the drug is absorbed into the body faster Antogonist drug interaction - Answer like meth and opiates Additive drug interaction - Answer cumulative effect Synergistic drug interaction - Answer more than comulative potentiating drug interaction - Answer each enhances the other Tolerance develops as the body seeks - Answ...

Opiates - A category of psychoactive drugs that are chemically similar to morphine and have strong pain-relieving properties. - Opiates cross into blood-brain barrier to produce a rush/feelings of euphoria. - Significant respiratory complications, death, cardiac depression. - Physical dependence develops dramatically as soon as regular use begins (sometimes even when its administered clinically appropriate). Withdrawal symptoms include: restlessness, irritability, nausea, diarrhea, sweatin...

CADC exam prep Ch 1 (Addiction Counselor's Desk Reference) Already Passed Opiates - Answer ️️ -A category of psychoactive drugs that are chemically similar to morphine and have strong pain-relieving properties. - Opiates cross into blood-brain barrier to produce a rush/feelings of euphoria. - Significant respiratory complications, death, cardiac depression. - Physical dependence develops dramatically as soon as regular use begins (sometimes even when its administered clinically appro...

CADC Exam Prep Questions and Answers 100% Pass 1st step AA - Answer ️️ -Powerless over alcohol, lives have become unmanageable 2nd step AA - Answer ️️ -we turn to a power greater than ourselves to restore sanity 3rd step AA - Answer ️️ -Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him 4th step AA - Answer ️️ -Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5th step AA - Answer ️️ -Admitted to God, to ourselves, and ...

Characteristics of PCP - Ans Phencyclidine recongized as a hallucinogen, can also act as a stimulant & pain killer. Comes in several forms: powder liquid or tablet. Its often combined with other substances such as LSD or marijuana. Has been used medically as an anesthetic on humans as well as hosres. Steet names are "angel dust" & "horse tranquilizer." Characteristics of LSD - Ans A hallucinogen so strong one the size of an asprin equals 3000 doses. Street name is "acid" Its white...

1st step AA Answer Powerless over alcohol, lives have become unmanageable 2nd step AA Answer we turn to a power greater than ourselves to restore sanity 3rd step AA Answer Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him 4th step AA Answer Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5th step AA Answer Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6th step AA Answer Were entirely ...

Moral Model (Definition of Addiction) - - Dates to the 1850's. - Defines an addicted client as weak in character. Think "moral failure". - Based on the idea that individuals have free choice and are responsible for their behaviors. Think "morals that are aligned with God" and this approach has influenced public policy and the American judicial system. Self-medication Model (Definition of Addiction) - - Originated in the 1960's among psychoanalysts. - Assumes that people self-medicate...

1st step AA - Powerless over alcohol, lives have become unmanageable 2nd step AA - we turn to a power greater than ourselves to restore sanity 3rd step AA - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him 4th step AA - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5th step AA - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6th step AA - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these def...

CADC exam prep Ch 2 (Addiction Counselor's Desk Reference) Already Passed Moral Model (Definition of Addiction) - Answer️️ - - Dates to the 1850's. - Defines an addicted client as weak in character. Think "moral failure". - Based on the idea that individuals have free choice and are responsible for their behaviors. Think "morals that are aligned with God" and this approach has influenced public policy and the American judicial system. Self-medication Model (Definition of Addicti...