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Aps 413: Counseling And Drug Management Question Paper

Aps 413: Counseling And Drug Management

Course:Bachelor Of Arts

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS

APS 413:
COUNSELING AND DRUG MANAGEMENT

DATE: Thursday, 24th December, 2009

TIME: 11.00 a.m. ? 1.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
This paper has 2 Sections A and B. Answer ALL questions in Section A and Choose
TWO questions from Section B.
SECTION A: (30 MARKS) COMPULSORY
1.
a)
Define the following terms with reference to drugs

i)
Drug misuse
ii)
Drug abuse
iii)
Drug addiction
iv)
Tolerance
v)
Physical dependence
vi)
Psychological dependence
vii)
Withdrawal syndrome
(7 marks)

b)
Give two reasons as to why people use recreational drugs (2 marks)
c)
Identify the DSM-IV criteria for diagnosing drug or alcohol addiction
(5 marks)
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d)
Describe the continuum of drug use according to Doweiko (2009)
(5 marks)
e)
i)
What
is

i)
co-dependency? (1
mark)

ii)
enabling

(1 mark)
ii)
State
two
characteristic
features of co-dependency (1 mark)

f)
i)
What is meant by relapse?

(1 mark)
ii)
Identify
six
common
relapse situations

(3 marks)

g)
Identify four characteristics of the substance abuse counselor that facilitate

client
recovery (4
marks)

SECTION B: (40 MARKS)
This Section has FOUR questions. Answer any TWO (each is 20 marks)
2.
a)
Describe Jellinek?s model of alcoholism, highlighting its key contributions
to the understanding and management of alcoholism
(10 marks)
b)
Outline five psycho-physiological complications of chronic alcohol use
(5 marks)
c)
With examples of specific drugs, highlight the possible effects of drug use
in
pregnancy

(5
marks)

3.
a)
Describe the processes of screening, assessment and diagnosis in the
evaluation of drug abuse problems.

(15 marks)
b)
Identify five challenges in the evaluation of drug use problems
(5 marks)

4.
a)
Describe the elements of the Minnesota model of chemical dependency
treatment
(10
marks)

b)
Identify the limitations of this model

(4 marks)

c)
Discuss the benefits and limitations of group therapy approaches to
substance
abuse
treatment
(6
marks)

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5. a) Critically
analyze
the
stages of recovery according to James Prochaska?s
model, highlighting the characteristic behaviors and therapeutic challenges
of
each
stage
(12.5
marks)
b)
Highlight
seven
critical factors to be addressed as part of the recovery
program according to Humphrey et al, (1995).

(3.5 marks)

c)
i)
Identify two challenges of dealing with the dual diagnosis drug
user

(2 marks)

ii)
Suggest two strategies of dealing with the dual diagnosis drug user

(2 marks)

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