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Substance Abuse and Dependence requires candidates to demonstrate one or more of the following abilities:

• Knowledge of basic facts and terms (approximately 95 percent of the exam)
• The ability to apply knowledge to specific cases or issues (about 5 percent of the exam)

Topics included

• Overview of Substance Abuse and Dependence Abuse
  • Terminology
  • Theories of Abuse and Dependence
  • Models of Abuse and Dependence
  • Demographics
  • Costs to society and association with social problems
  • Screening and diagnosis
• Classifications of Drugs
• Pharmacological and Neurophysiological Principles
  • Nervous system
  • Actions of drugs
  • Drug interactions
• Alcohol
  • History and types
  • Determinants of blood alcohol level
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  • Tolerance, withdrawal, and overdose
  • Dependency issues
  • Prevention and treatment
• Anti-anxiety and Sedative Hypnotics
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  Tolerance, withdrawal, and overdose
  • Prevention and treatment
  • Dependency issues
• Inhaled Substances
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  Tolerance, withdrawal, and overdose
  • Prevention and treatment
  • Dependency issues
• Tobacco and Nicotine
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  Tolerance, withdrawal, and overdose
  • Prevention and treatment
  • Dependency issues
• Psychomotor Stimulants
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  Tolerance, withdrawal, and overdose
  • Prevention and treatment
  • Dependency issues
• Opoids
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  Tolerance, withdrawal, and overdose
  • Prevention and treatment
  • Dependency issues
• Cannabinoids
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  Tolerance, withdrawal, and overdose
  • Prevention and treatment
  • Dependency issues
• Hallucinogens
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  Tolerance, withdrawal, and overdose
  • Prevention and treatment
  • Dependency issues
• Other Drugs of Abuse
  • Anabolic steroids
  • Over-the-counter (OTC) substances
  • Herbal substances
  • Club drugs
  • Other prescription drugs of interest
• Antipsychotic Drugs
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
• Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers
  • History and types
  • Effects
  • Uses and administration
  • Tolerance, withdrawal, and suicidal behaviors
  (Taken from a draft of “Substance Abuse and Dependence,” DSST/Dantes Subject Standardized Tests, Prometric, Inc., 2008)