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.

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.

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

Which form of treatment is most effective?

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

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

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

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

When anxiety symptoms are present after one week abstinence, the person should be assessed for an independent coexisting anxiety disorder that might interfere with recovery.