Which of the Following Is True About Substance Abuse

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about substance abuse?

• A)In 2010,the percentage of individuals who engaged in binge drinking increased considerably in the middle and late adulthood years.
• B)Substance abuse among older adults is an "invisible epidemic" in the United States.
• C)The frequency of binge drinking (defined as four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men on one occasion in the past 30 days)was lowest among older adults.
• D)Screening questionnaires are appropriate for eliminating substance abuse among for older adults.

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Definitions:

Truth Table

A diagram displaying the truth or falsity of a compound proposition as a function of the truth or falsity of its atomic statements and connectives.

Truth Values

The property of propositions that indicates whether they correspond to reality, commonly distinguished as true or false, but in some systems can include other values like unknown or undetermined.

Main Connective

The logical operator in a proposition that has the highest priority in determining the proposition's overall truth value.

Biconditional

A logical statement where both conditions must either be true or false for the statement to be true.