Exam 12: Using Alcohol Responsibly

Addiction is considered to be a compulsive, uncontrollable dependence on a substance, habit, or practice.

The development of alcoholism differs in women and men; women usually develop alcoholism later in life and develop alcohol-related complications more rapidly.

Discuss the special concerns of women regarding alcohol abuse and the physical, behavioral, social, economic and relational effects.

While pregnant, approximately ____ percent of women use alcohol and approximately ____ percent engage in binge drinking.

Identify the variety of consequences of college students' abuse of alcohol and suggest strategies that could be used to reduce alcohol abuse on campus, especially the problems associated with binge drinking.

Congeners found in distilled alcoholic beverages are:

Growing up in an alcoholic family often causes children to develop certain roles and behaviors to cope with the chaos within the home.

Drinking by both men and women increases the chances that sexual relations will occur; it has been determined that 72% of campus rapes are alcohol related.

Psychological dependence means that a woman's body cells are dependent on the presence of alcohol in the body and will experience withdrawal symptoms if the woman ceases to drink.

After 5 to 10 years of sobriety, an alcoholic can return to drinking alcohol if she drinks only moderate amounts of alcohol.

As an alcoholic withdraws from drinking alcohol, she will experience delirium tremens, which means she does not remember events that occur during an episode of drinking.

Alcohol is a depressant drug that, with continual use, can be addictive.Which of the following describes physical addition components of alcohol use?

As compared to men, women have more reasons to be concerned about health consequences of alcohol consumption.Mary is a heavy drinker.She may be at a higher risk for:

Of the $1 trillion dollars that drug and alcohol use/abuse costs the United States each year, $1.9 billion is spent annually to care for infants born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).

__________ is an enzyme in the stomach lining and in the liver that is less active in the stomach of women than in men.This, in part, accounts for alcohol reaching the female brain quicker than the male brain.

The role that the scapegoat child plays in a dysfunctional family is to bring distraction through humor, jokes, and silly behaviors.