Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Flashcards

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10 classes of substances

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  1. Cannabis
  2. Tobacco
  3. Alcohol
  4. Stimulants
  5. Hallucinogens
  6. Inhalants
  7. Sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics
  8. Opioids
  9. Caffeine
  10. Other/unknown
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Substance Use Disorders criteria

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2+ symptoms within 12-month period

Can be diagnosed for all classes except caffeine

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Substance Use Disorders specifiers

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  1. Severity (based on number of symptoms)
  2. Early or sustained remission
  3. On maintenance therapy
  4. In a controlled environment
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Substance-Induced Disorders categories

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  1. Intoxication
  2. Withdrawal
  3. Substance-induced mental disorder
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Alcohol Intoxication criteria

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  1. Problematic behavioral and psychological changes
  2. 1+ symptoms (slurred speech, incoordination, unsteady gait, nystagmus, impaired attention or memory, stupor, coma)
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Alcohol Withdrawal criteria

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  1. 2+ symptoms (autonomic hyperactivity, hand tremors, insomnia, nausea, hallucinations or illusions, anxiety, psychomotor agitation, seizures)
  2. Symptoms develop within hours to a few days of reduced or ceased alcohol use
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Alcohol-Induced Major Neurocognitive Disorder criteria

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  1. Significant decline in 1+ cognitive domains
  2. Affects daily living
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Alcohol-Induced Major Neurocognitive Disorder types

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  1. Amnestic-confabulatory type (primarily affects memory), also called Korsakoff syndrome
  2. Nonamnestic-confabulatory type (primarily affects other domains)
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Korsakoff syndrome

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  1. Alcohol-Induced Major NCD (amnestic-confabulatory type)
  2. Linked to thiamine deficiency
  3. Involves retrograde amnesia and confabulation
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Opioid Intoxication criteria

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  1. Problematic behavioral or psychological changes
  2. Pupillary constriction
  3. 1+ symptoms (drowsiness, coma, slurred speech, impaired attention or memory)

Can occur with or without perceptual disturbances

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Opioid Withdrawal criteria

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  1. 3+ symptoms (dysphoric mood, nausea, muscle aches, diarrhea, yawning, fever, insomnia)
  2. Symptoms develop after ceased use or after use of opioid antagonist
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Stimulant Intoxication criteria

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  1. Problematic psychological and behavioral changes
  2. 2+ symptoms (tachycardia or bradycardia, pupillary dilation, elevated or lowered blood pressure, perspiration or chills, nausea, weight loss, psychomotor agitation or retardation, respiratory depression or cardiac arrhythmia, seizures, coma)
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Stimulant Withdrawal criteria

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  1. Dysphoric mood
  2. 2+ symptoms (fatigue, vivid unpleasant dreams, insomnia or hypersomnia, increased appetite, psychomotor agitation or retardation)
  3. Symptoms develop within hours to several days of ceased stimulant use
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Tobacco Withdrawal criteria

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  1. 4+ symptoms (irritability, anger or anxiety, impaired concentration, increased appetite, restlessness, depressed mood, insomnia)
  2. Symptoms develop within 24 hours of reduced or ceased tobacco use
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Typical course of tobacco withdrawal

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  1. Symptoms develop within 24 hours
  2. Symptoms peak from 48-72 hours
  3. Symptoms gradually decrease over several weeks
  4. Cravings last longer than withdrawal symptoms (can lead to relapse)
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Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder criteria

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  1. Re-experiencing 1+ symptoms that were experienced while intoxicated (visual disturbances most common)
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Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder episodes

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  1. Also called “flashbacks”
  2. Often very brief
  3. Can recur for up to months (or longer)
  4. Reality testing intact
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Factors to consider when treating substance-related disorder

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  1. Substance type
  2. Severity
  3. Comorbidities
  4. Client preference
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Typical components of treatment for substance-related disorders

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  1. Individual
  2. Family
  3. Group
  4. Medications

Combined interventions are most effective

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Evidence-based interventions for substance-related disorders

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  1. CBT
  2. MI
  3. Contingency management (VBRT)
  4. Family behavior therapy
  5. CRA
  6. PNF
  7. Texts
  8. RPT
  9. 12-step
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Most effective components of treatments for tobacco-related disorders

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Therapy:
1. Critical thinking skills training
2. Social support

Medication:
1. Nicotine nasal spray
2. Varenicline

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Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA)

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  1. Based on operant conditioning
  2. Finding reward in a drugfree life
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Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) overview

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  1. Created from CRA
  2. Designed for those who refuse to seek treatment for substance use
  3. Working with CSO = concerned significant other (relative, friend)
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CRAFT primary goals

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  1. Help the CSO influence client to enter treatment
  2. Teach the CSO strategies to reduce client substance use
  3. Help CSO make life changes to help client (w/ or w/o treatment)
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Voucher-Based Reinforcement Therapy (VBRT) overview

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  1. Contingency management
  2. Give clients vouchers to exchange for reinforcers
  3. Some support for standalone, others suggest combination is more effective
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VBRT v. CBT

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VBRT = better for initial abstinence, effects fade when vouchers discontinue

CBT = worse for initial abstinence, better for long-term effects

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Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF) overview

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  1. Adjusting perceptions related to normalcy of client’s substance use
  2. Developed as brief intervention for heavy alcohol use among college students
  3. Effective as standalone and combined with MI
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Text Messages functions

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  1. Appointment and medication reminders
  2. Healthcare information
  3. Support
  4. Self-monitoring
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Text Messages effectiveness related to smoking cessation (meta-analysis results)

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  1. Texts alone were more effective than minimal support
  2. Texts alone had similar effectiveness to other standalone treatments
  3. Texts combined with other interventions were more effective than other interventions standalone
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Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT) overview

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  1. Cognitive-behavioral approach
  2. Views relapse as response to high-risk situation (based on “learned habit pattern”)
  3. Focuses on coping skills to manage high-risk situations
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Project MATCH (multisite clinical trial) overview

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  1. Compared CBT, MET, 12-step for alcohol use
  2. Considered effectiveness of client-treatment matching
  3. Follow-ups at 1 year and 3 years
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Project MATCH (multisite clinical trial) results

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  1. All treatments effective (12-step slightly more effective) in reducing alcohol use
  2. Some support for client-treatment matching
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Project MATCH support for client-treatment matching

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At 3-year follow-up:
1. Social networks supportive of drinking = 12-step most effective

  1. High anger = MET most effective
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DSM-5 categories of substance use symptoms

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  1. Impaired control
  2. Social impairment
  3. Risky use
  4. Pharmacological criteria (tolerance and withdrawal)