Question 1

According to SAMHSA, what is the most accurate definition of a co-occcuring disorder?

Accepted Answer

Coexistence of both a mental illness and a substance use disorder

Question 2

What are outcome(s) worsened by co-occuring disorders?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

Which comes first - mental health or addiction?

Accepted Answer

Causality Dilemma

Question 4

Genetics predispose people to both mental illness and substance use disorders.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

What percentage of genes accounts for a person's risk for addiction?

Accepted Answer

40-60%

Question 6

What is NOT a funtion of the brain at risk with co-occuring disorders?

Accepted Answer

Motor Control

Question 7

T/F: Co-occurring disorders means that disorders are two mental health disorders diagnosed close together.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

What are some of the reasons people misuse substances?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 9

Which neurotransmitter is often associated with the rewarding effects of drugs and plays a role in both substances use disorders and mental health conditions?

Accepted Answer

Dopamine

Question 10

T/F: African Americans and Hispanics have the highest increase in opiate fatalities and use.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which senator wrote the bill for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016?

Accepted Answer

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Question 12

When was the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act signed into law?

Accepted Answer

2016

Question 13

T/F: Naloxone is an opioid antagonist medication that is used to reverse an opioid overdose.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

How many waves of opioid overdose deaths have been recognized by the CDC?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 15

T/F: Almost twice as many people who are unemployed struggle with addiction than those who are full-time workers,

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

T/F: To receive funding under CARA, an agency or organization must have received funding from the Drug Free Communities Act.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What are common medication disposal methods?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 18

T/F: Positive impacts of CARA include needle exchanges, medication drop boxes, education, reduced stigma, and improved access to mental health and substance use treatment.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Who partners with CARA?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 20

As of 2021, how many grants were awarded by CARA?

Accepted Answer

55

Question 21

Which of the following initiatives is aligned with the goals of section VII of CARA aimed at preventing and addressing addiction issues?

Accepted Answer

Implementing community-based prevention programs.

Question 22

In the context of Schedule II Controlled Substances, what does a “partial fill” refer to?

Accepted Answer

Allowing a patient to obtain a limited supply of the medication.

Question 23

Evidence suggests that nearly _______ percent of people struggling with a substance use disorder also suffer from a co-occurring mental health disorder?

Accepted Answer

46%

Question 24

What action could strengthen the appropriations process of CARA to ensure the effective implementation and impact?

Accepted Answer

Limiting the involvement of community organizations in the allocation of $.

Question 25

What year was the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) revised in its current form?

Accepted Answer

2021

Question 26

Which option represents some of the 12 sectors that are required to be represented on a Drug-Free Community Coalition Board?

Accepted Answer

Youth, Parents, and Businesses

Question 27

Which section of CARA addresses responsible spending, audits, evaluation, and creating a strong evidence base?

Accepted Answer

Section 7 - Miscellaneous

Question 28

In 2022, the State Opioid Response grant program received appropriations to address the Opioid Epidemic in all 50 states and all US territories. How much did this funding amount to?

Accepted Answer

$1.5 Billion

Question 29

What mental health disorder shows high rates with substance use disorder?

Accepted Answer

Anxiety

Question 30

How much funding is authorized to fight the opioid epidemic each year under CARA?

Accepted Answer

$1.8 Million

Co-Occuring Disorders: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

2) What are outcome(s) worsened by co-occuring disorders?

3) Which comes first - mental health or addiction?

4) Genetics predispose people to both mental illness and substance use disorders.

5) What percentage of genes accounts for a person's risk for addiction?

6) What is NOT a funtion of the brain at risk with co-occuring disorders?

7) T/F: Co-occurring disorders means that disorders are two mental health disorders diagnosed close together.

8) What are some of the reasons people misuse substances?

9) Which neurotransmitter is often associated with the rewarding effects of drugs and plays a role in both substances use disorders and mental health conditions?

10) T/F: African Americans and Hispanics have the highest increase in opiate fatalities and use.

11) Which senator wrote the bill for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016?

12) When was the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act signed into law?

13) T/F: Naloxone is an opioid antagonist medication that is used to reverse an opioid overdose.

14) How many waves of opioid overdose deaths have been recognized by the CDC?

15) T/F: Almost twice as many people who are unemployed struggle with addiction than those who are full-time workers,

16) T/F: To receive funding under CARA, an agency or organization must have received funding from the Drug Free Communities Act.

17) What are common medication disposal methods?

18) T/F: Positive impacts of CARA include needle exchanges, medication drop boxes, education, reduced stigma, and improved access to mental health and substance use treatment.

19) Who partners with CARA?

20) As of 2021, how many grants were awarded by CARA?

21) Which of the following initiatives is aligned with the goals of section VII of CARA aimed at preventing and addressing addiction issues?

22) In the context of Schedule II Controlled Substances, what does a “partial fill” refer to?

23) Evidence suggests that nearly _______ percent of people struggling with a substance use disorder also suffer from a co-occurring mental health disorder?

24) What action could strengthen the appropriations process of CARA to ensure the effective implementation and impact?

25) What year was the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) revised in its current form?

26) Which option represents some of the 12 sectors that are required to be represented on a Drug-Free Community Coalition Board?

27) Which section of CARA addresses responsible spending, audits, evaluation, and creating a strong evidence base?

28) In 2022, the State Opioid Response grant program received appropriations to address the Opioid Epidemic in all 50 states and all US territories. How much did this funding amount to?

29) What mental health disorder shows high rates with substance use disorder?

30) How much funding is authorized to fight the opioid epidemic each year under CARA?