National Social Work Ebook Continuing Education

Behavioral Addictions _ _______________________________________________________________________

107. A stand-alone, first-line psychotherapy approach in trichotillomania is A) exposure therapy. B) habit reversal therapy. C) interpersonal psychotherapy. D) acceptance and commitment therapy. 108. Which of the following is TRUE of the epidemiology of kleptomania? A) Community and clinical prevalence rates are similar. B) Most shoplifters meet the criteria for a kleptomania diagnosis. C) Stealing behaviors persist an average 8.2 years before full diagnostic criteria are met. D) The disorder is more prevalent in men than women, with an estimated 4:1 ratio. 109. Which of the following is FALSE regarding the clinical course of kleptomania? A) The value of stolen items often increases over time. B) Men are more likely to seek professional help than women. C) Most persons with kleptomania unsuccessfully attempt to stop stealing. D) The similar current and lifetime prevalence suggests untreated kleptomania is chronic. 110. Patients with kleptomania often present for treatment from legal coercion after being arrested for shoplifting.

111. Which of the following is NOT one of the DSM-5-TR criteria for kleptomania? A) Pleasure, gratification, or relief at the time of committing the theft B) Increasing sense of relaxation and calmness immediately before committing the theft C) Recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal objects that are not needed for personal use or for their monetary value D) The stealing is not committed to express anger or vengeance and is not in response to a delusion or a hallucination 112. Men with kleptomania are more likely than women to steal A) food. B) clothing.

C) household items. D) electronic goods.

113. In patients with Parkinson disease, treatment- emergent addictive behaviors are most likely with A) SSRIs.

B) levodopa (l-dopa). C) dopamine agonists. D) dopamine antagonists.

114. Aripiprazole treatment of men with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder is linked to case reports of A) treatment-emergent shoplifting.

A) True B) False

B) treatment-emergent hypersexuality. C) treatment-emergent trichotillomania. D) treatment-emergent pathologic gambling.

115. In patients with Parkinson disease, behavioral addiction symptoms improve after decreasing or discontinuing dopamine agonists; however, many patients do not tolerate replacement with levodopa for treatment of motor symptoms.

A) True B) False

Course Code: SWUS15BA

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