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Chapter 4
1. Epidemiology involves:
1. use of large random samples
2. identifying the number of users in the general population
3. identifying characteristics of users in the general population
4. self report surveys of college students
2.
Household surveys of
drug use conducted on random probability samples:
1.
overlook homeless and
inmates of correctional facilities
2.
underestimate illegal
drug use
3.
overestimate if
polydrug users get counted more than once
4.
c & d only
3.Which of the
following statements is not true?
1. new cases define the incidence rate
2. existing cases define the prevalence rate
3. old and new cases represent the prevalence rate
4. lifetime use refers to any use for any length of time
4. Epidemiological studies:
1. indicate the extent of drug use
2. establish the causes of drug use
3. develop theoretical accounts
4. provide prevention approaches
·
All but which applies
to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse:
1. obtains annual estimates of drug use
2. examines demographic differences in drug use
3. monitors temporal trends in drug use in society
4. tries to use education to prevent increases in use
6. All but which applies to the NHSDA survey:
1. started in 1951
2. became an annual survey in the late 1980s
3. uses a representative sample of the population
4. may underreport due to face to face administration of portions
7. NESARC, NSDUH, and NHSDA’s definition of use ignores the fact
that “use” varies
widely in __________
and ____________.
1. quantities, frequencies
2. supply, demand
c, costs, benefits
1. men, women
8. According to the 2006 NSDUH survey, a higher percentage of
_________ compared to __________ used tobacco products.
1. adults, youths
2. males, females
3. Asians, Hispanics
4. Immigrants, S. natives
9. Effects of specific drugs are difficult to assess when polydrug
abuse occurs because:
1. drugs can cancel each other’s effects
2. drugs can increase the effect of other drugs
3. polydrug users differ from those using few or no drugs
4. d. all of the above
10. Polydrug use can:
1. reduce the effects of another drug
2. increase the effects of another drug
3. lead to strong and sometimes lethal effects
4. all of the above
11.The main difference
between simultaneous and concurrent co-use is:
1. concurrent co-use refers to co-use of drugs within the past
months at the same time
2. concurrent co-use refers to use of several drugs within the past
months but never at the same time
3. simultaneous use of drugs refers to using alcohol and drugs
sometimes but never at the same time
4. concurrent co-use is more prevalent than simultaneous use
11. In reference to abstainers, which of the following is not true:
1. women were twice as likely than men to be classified as lifetime
abstainers
2. the middle age ranges were less likely to be abstainers compared
to the 18-24 and 65+ age groups
3. ethnic minorities were more likely to abstain from drinking than
whites
4. middle age ranges were more likely to be abstainers compared to
the 18-24 and 65+ age groups
12. Having an alcohol use disorder __________ the likelihood
individuals would also have a corresponding use disorder with many other drugs.
1. slightly increases
2. slightly decreases
3. greatly decreases
4. greatly increases
13.Comorbidity refers
to the presence of _______ or more psychiatric classifications
1. one
2. two
3. three
4. four
14.The National
Comorbidity Survey found that about ________ of their respondents with any type
of substance use disorder in their lifetimes also had at least one other
_______ disorder in their lifetimes
1. half, health
2. one third, psychiatric
3. one third, health
4. half, psychiatric
15.The view favored by
the field of psychiatry is that some form of ____________ precedes and
contributes toward alcohol and other drugs.
1. genetics
2. abnormality
3. psychopathology
4. influence
16.Past studies have
found an association between _________ personality and alcohol dependency.
1. schizotypal
2. aggressive
3. dissociative
4. antisocial
17. The snowball technique is:
1. a dangerous way of mixing illicit drugs
2. a procedure to obtain participants
3. part of general population epidemiology
4. an objective research tool
18. Ethnography studies:
1. different drug use by ethnic groups
2. use key informants for information
3. mostly skid row and homeless groups
4. all of the above
19. A study of white middle class cocaine users (Waldorf et al.,
1991):
1. found most unable to control their use
2. used random household sampling
3. found most had otherwise normal lives
4. found most tried without success to quit
20.The limitations
faced by cross-sectional studies are that use is measured at one point in time,
and _____________________________________________________.
1. these studies capture changes in drug use over time within given
individuals
2. fails to capture changes in drug use over time within given
individuals
3. only captures changes in drug use over time within a sub
population of individuals
4. can accurately capture changes in drug use over time within
given individuals
21.The survey method
maybe less useful for studying __________ drug use.
1. licit
2. illicit
3. heavy
infrequent
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