CAC Co-occurring Disorders

Question 1

What percentage of individuals with a substance use disorder also have a co-occurring mental health disorder?

Accepted Answer

Approximately 50%

Answer

Approximately 10%

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Approximately 25%

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Approximately 75%

Question 2

The term 'dual diagnosis' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Having both a substance use disorder and a psychiatric disorder simultaneously

Answer

Being diagnosed with two different substance use disorders

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Having diagnoses from two different providers

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A diagnosis that changes after treatment completion

Question 3

Which mental health disorder is MOST commonly co-occurring with substance use disorders?

Accepted Answer

Depression and anxiety disorders

Answer

Schizophrenia

Answer

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

Question 4

When assessing a client for co-occurring disorders, a counselor should wait how long after last substance use before evaluating psychiatric symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Long enough for acute intoxication and withdrawal effects to clear (typically 2–4 weeks)

Answer

24 hours

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Immediately at intake regardless of use

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Until the client has been sober for one year

Question 5

Which model of co-occurring disorders proposes that one disorder directly causes the other?

Accepted Answer

Secondary disorder model

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Integrated model

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Common factor model

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Bidirectional model

Question 6

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders frequently co-occur because:

Accepted Answer

Substances are often used to cope with trauma symptoms

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Trauma automatically causes addiction

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Both are caused by the same genetic mutation

Answer

Substance use causes PTSD in most cases