Stages of Change
Johnny stated, "I don't have a cocaine problem, I only use it to help me stay alert."
What is Precomtemplation
Ensures fair treatment, access to resources, and support for all individuals seeking recovery, regardless of background or circumstances
What is Justice?
The right of a counselor to share confidential information if the client provides explicit consent, such as to share with a family member or another healthcare provider.
What is Informed Consent?
A strategy that provides sterile syringes to reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis among people who inject drugs
What is Needle Exchange Program?
The term refers to the brain's reduced reaction to a drug after repeated use, requiring a person to take a larger dose to feel the same effect.
What is tolerance?
Aaron researches substance abuse recovery treatment centers to find out more information.
What is Preparation?
The ethical principle that encourages helping others, promoting their well-being, and acting in their best interest, especially in healthcare and counseling
What is Beneficence?
The federal law that protects the privacy and security of individuals' medical and mental health information, including how counselors store, share, and transmit client records
What is HIPPA
A method that uses medications like methadone or buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder.
What is Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), or Medicated Opioid Use Disorder(MOUD)?
The process that occurs when a person's body must readjust after long-term use of a substance is discontinued, often resulting in physical or psychological symptoms.
What is withdrawal?
Jane told her friends that she knows she needs to stop using, but she is also ambivalent and uncertain.
What is Contemplation?
An ethical principle that respects an individual's right to make their own decisions and choices, particularly in healthcare and counseling settings.
What is Autonomy?
The landmark legal case that established the duty of mental health professionals to warn potential victims when a client poses a serious threat of harm
What is the Tarasoft case?
Life-saving medication used to reverse opioid overdoses rapidly, often distributed as part of harm reduction programs
What is NARCAN or Naloxone?
The main brain neurotransmitter that drugs of abuse manipulate to create a feeling of reward and pleasure.
What is dopamine?
Denise has been negative for all illicit substances for a year, and she has reached a stable dose of her medication.
What is Maintenance?
The ethical principle that involves maintaining trust, keeping promises, and being loyal to commitments in professional relationships
What is Fidelity?
The federal regulation that provides strict confidentiality protections for individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment, limiting the disclosure of patient records without written consent
What is 42 CFRPart 2?
peer-led programs that connect people with lived experience of substance use to those currently using, to provide support, education, and resources
What are peer support or peer outreach programs?
A substance that slows down the central nervous system, affecting a person's judgment, reaction time, and coordination.
What is a depressant (e.g., alcohol, opioid)?
Sally has deleted her contacts, and actively works the program; however, she still struggles a little.
What is Action.
An ethical principle that dictates one should avoid causing harm to others, especially in healthcare and legal settings?
What is Nonmalfesance?
A counselor must report this type of information to authorities, even if the client wants to keep it confidential.
What is Child or Elderly Abuse and or Mandatory Reporting?
Tools that allow individuals to check drugs for the presence of a powerful synthetic opioid, helping to prevent accidental overdoses
What are fentanyl testing strips?
The concept that an individual has both a substance use disorder and at least one other co-occurring mental health disorder.
What is a dual diagnosis?