The majority of individuals receiving substance abuse treatment use nicotine.  There is also a high correlation between nicotine use and individuals with mental health diagnoses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Drug use and suicide attempts were three to eight times more common among youth in rejecting than accepting families.

Professional code of ethics are created to protect clients’ rights and to discipline members of the profession if they violate those rights.

The new DA.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program focuses on critical thinking skills, sensible decision-making, and assertiveness in saying no when under pressure to engage in high-risk behaviors while the old curriculum was not evidenced-based and often did more harm than good as it tried to scare kids out of doing drugs.

Which of the following are treatment trends for addiction? Select all that apply.

Depressants can be natural, semisynthetic, or synthetic.

Which of the following was NOT a epidemic of drug use?

A pragmatic, public health approach to reducing the negative consequences of some harmful behaviors rather than eliminating or curing the problem best describes with of the following

Relapse is regarded not as a personal failure but rather as an expected part of the change process.

Chronic heavy drinking is associated with negative effects on the sexual functions of both men and women.