Alcohol Use and Abuse-Questions and Answers Graded A+

Alcohol Use and Abuse-Questions and Answers Graded A+ WHO stands for... - ANSWER-World Health Organization APA stands for... - ANSWER-American Psychiatric Association Impairment in social and occupational functions - ANSWER-Alcohol Abuse Alcohol Dependence - ANSWER-tolerance and withdrawal along with symptoms of alcohol abuse ASAM - ANSWER-stands for American Society of addiction medicine (genetic, psychological, environmental) Characteristics of ASAM - ANSWER-...impaired control over drinking, preoccupied with drug alcohol, use alcohol knowing the bad consequences, thinking is distorted, in Denial What is the Psychiatric view? - ANSWER-alcoholism is considered a symptom that requires psychoanalysis Pre-alcoholic Phase - ANSWER-(type of phase) Alcohol is socially motivated , tolerance develops and increases ; few months- 2+ years Prodromal Phase - ANSWER-(type of phase) Amnesia periods, heavy consumption ; 6months-4/5 years Guidelines for Diagnosis - ANSWER-1. physical examination, 2. medical history, 3. social history, 4. lab tests and 5. clinical observations Crucial Phase - ANSWER-(type of phase) loss of control, life is centered around alcohol Chronic phase - ANSWER-(type of phase) intoxicated every day, physical changes occur, tolerance drops/poisons as substitutes name of the book By: George Vaillant - ANSWER-"Natural History of Alcoholism" What was Vaillant's Novel about? - ANSWER-Alcoholism represented as a disease (family drinks, you become a drinker too) As dependence progresses over time... - ANSWER-# of problems increase People ? and ? through abstinence - ANSWER-recover or die