High-risk behaviors, such as alcohol and drug abuse, may result ...

[student77]

High-risk behaviors, such as alcohol and drug abuse, may result from which of the following emotions in the adolescent?
 
  a. depression
  b. poor judgment
  c. anxiety
  d. confusion

Question 2

The nurse is developing a treatment plan for a client with a specific phobia. The nurse understands that the BEST treatment is usually:
 
  a. behavioral therapy
  b. a neurological surgery procedure
  c. large doses of various medications
  d. there is no known effective treatment for specific phobias

[coyin]

Answer to Question 1

C
Anxiety is aroused as the adolescent strives to become part of a normative peer group and may face conflicts with peer groups and may face conflicts with expected behaviors that are different from those approved of by caregivers. Increases in anxiety may lead the adolescent to engage in other high-risk behavior such as alcohol and drug abuse, gang involvement, and sexual promiscuity.

Answer to Question 2

A
Behavior therapy has been shown to be the best treatment of specific phobias. In particular, some form of controlled exposure therapy has proven to be very effective. Medications, unless being used to treat a related illness such as depression, have not been conclusively shown to be effective.