Addiction Treatment 4th Edition by Katherine – Test Bank

6. Which group has the highest poverty rate for families?

a. Alaskan Natives
b. Asian Americans
c. African Americans
*d. Native Americans

7. Even though Asian Americans in general have a higher educational status and higher income status than other minorities, it is misleading to describe them as a “model minority” because

a. they have a higher rate of alcoholism and drug addiction
b. their low treatment rate may be the result of the lack of culturally relevant services
*c. their addiction rates have consistently been under-reported in the prevalence studies
d. they uniformly lack the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase

8. Among current Native American adults who drink alcohol, the prevalence rate

*a. varies a great deal
b. is the same as the general population
c. is lower than the general population
d. has never been measured

9. Which factor is not considered a hallmark of effective treatment with Asians with substance abuse problems?

a. screening with culturally sensitive instruments at community events
b. culturally competent staff who speak the language of the client
*c. use of Narrative therapy as an intervention
d. use of Motivational interviewing as an intervention

10. Protective factors among young, low-income, Mexican American women include

a. the breakdown of the family of origin and extended kinship networks
b. the survival of poverty
c. an attitude of fatalism
*d. the responsibility of providing family connection and care of the children

11. Among Native Americans and Alaska Natives, which of the following is not a factor in varied drinking and drug use rates?

a. tribe
b. rural
c. urban
*d. intelligence

12. People who identified themselves as “Asian American” include all groups except:

a. Filipinos
b. Vietnamese
c. Hmong
*d. Samoans

13. Which factor does not account for the low rate of alcohol/drug misuse for the Asian/Pacific Islander group?

a. national database surveys have ignored this group and consistently put Asian/Pacific Islanders in the category of “Other”
b. the lack of culturally relevant services which reduces the treatment rate
c. methodological weaknesses in the research that has resulted in an underestimation of the levels of substance misuse and dependency
*d. Asians are the “model minority” without many addiction problems

14. The most recent median income figures (United States Census, 2015b) indicate that_________ households have the highest median income of any racial group, that is, $100,547.

a. Latino
*b. Indian Americans
c. African American
d. non-Hispanic white

15. Compared to the average national poverty rate of 15.9%, the average poverty rate for American Indians and Alaskan Natives is

*a. 29.2%
b. 20.1%
c. 13%
d. 39.2%

16. As related by Raymond Slick, an American Indian, sobriety is the traditional way. His philosophy is called

*a. The Red Road
b. ancestor worship
c. tribal essence
d. spiritual recovery