Patterns of interaction in a family that includes members abusing alcohol or illicit drugs:
Either a parent or child will use drugs or alcohol to cope with intolerable thoughts or feelings, such as severe anxiety or depression.
What is Self‐medication?
Domestic violence is defined as ...
"Physical or emotional violence that might encompass intimate partner violence, elderly violence, child abuse, and pet abuse."
The association between state unemployment rates and annual substance abuse admissions has the same direction during economic downturns and upturns (True/False)
What is true?
Children or parents who resent their emotionally deprived home and are afraid to express their outrage use drug abuse as one way to manage their repressed anger.
What is miscarried expression of anger
Substance abuse is defined as ...
What is a "neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a recurring desire to continue taking the drug despite harmful consequences"?
The relationship between the Pandemic and domestic violence
What is not enough evidence?
Any communication that occurs among family members is negative, taking the form of complaints, criticism, and other expressions of displeasure.
May serve to reinforce substance abuse.
What is Negativism?
Can be prescribed by doctors to treat moderate to severe pain, but can also have serious risks and side effects.
What are prescription opioids?
Parental functioning is not affected by substance abuse. (true/false)
What is true?
There is empirical evidence that parental substance abuse often impairs parental functioning
Despite obvious warning signs, the parental stance is: (1) “What drug/alcohol problem? We don’t see any drug problem!” or (2) after authorities intervene: “You are wrong! My child does not have a drug problem!”
What is parental denial?
More powerful than other opioids and is approved for treating severe pain, typically advanced cancer pain.
What is Fentanyl?
One in ___________ children in the United States
What is four?
Rule setting is erratic, enforcement is inconsistent, and family structure is inadequate.
What is parental inconsistency?
A problematic pattern of opioid use that causes significant impairment or distress. A diagnosis is based on specific criteria such as unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control use, or use resulting in social problems and a failure to fulfill obligations at work, school, or home, among other criteria.
What is Opioid use disorder (OUD)?
Is the cause of more than 95,000 deaths in the United States each year
What is excessive alcohol use?