What common features does food addiction share with substance use disorders?

What will be an ideal response?


Behaviors such as trying unsuccessfully to cut down, continued use despite negative consequences, increased amounts consumed, feeling a loss of control, or withdrawal symptoms when not using. Additionally, the brain may have a similar reaction to certain foods that it does with drugs such as cocaine or heroin including the effects on dopamine, a brain chemical known as the “neurotransmitter of addiction.”

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For Perls, in the mature individual, the social roles we adopt are:

a. a means-whereby we fulfill our end-goals. b. equivalent to our end-goals. c. a means-whereby we repress our organismic needs. d. the basis for self-awareness.

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Which of the following therapeutic alliance scales is not based on Bordin's conceptualization of the alliance?

a) Helping Alliance Questionnaire b) California Psychotherapy Alliance Scale c) Session Rating Scale Version 3.0 d) None of the above

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According to the Minnesota or Hazelden model, ideal personal characteristics of a counselor include _______________

(a) Being tolerant and nonjudgmental of client diversity and conveying compassion to clients (b) Being collaborative when working with clients and able to elicit and use input from other professionals (c) Being flexible in accepting job responsibilities and having personal integrity (d) All of the above

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Which of the following is NOT a found risk factor for CSEC?

a. intellectual disability b. popular c. female d. pubescent

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