Deck 9: Alcohol: Social Beveragesocial Drug

Question 1

8 Describe the symptoms and the circumstances that produce fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

3 An estimated 2.1 million Americans reported that they have worked under the influence of alcohol in the past 12 months.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

6 Alcoholics are no more likely than others in the general population to have suffered an episode of major depression.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

10 Distinguish the features and characteristics of Type 1 versus Type 2 alcoholics.

Question 5

2 Explain how denial and enabling can delay the recovery process in alcoholism.

Question 6

1 The image of a male,skid-row bum as a typical alcoholic fits about 5 percent of all alcoholics in the United States.

Question 7

1 Describe an example of each of the components of alcoholism: a preoccupation with drinking,emotional,vocational,social,and family problems,and physical problems.

Question 8

12 Contrast the philosophies of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)and SMART Recovery with regard to alcoholism treatment.

Question 9

7 Depression produces alcoholism more often than alcoholism produces depression.

Question 10

7 Describe the two components of the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.Discuss the role of thiamine in your answer.

Question 11

8 Many studies found that alcoholics have increased domestic instability in their lives.

Question 12

4 Alcoholism always involves the drinking of large quantities of alcohol.

Question 13

5 Describe the two-part series of symptoms that are associated with the withdrawal from chronic alcohol abuse.

Question 14

3 Compare and contrast the criteria for alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence,according to the DSM-IV-TR of the American Psychiatric Association.

Question 15

5 It is possible for someone who only becomes grossly intoxicated on occasion to be an alcoholic.

Question 16

9 Discuss the reasons why it is often difficult to assess the extent of alcoholism among the elderly.

Question 17

3 Compare and contrast the criteria for alcohol use disorder,according to the new DSM-5 of the American Psychiatric Association.

Question 18

2 When alcohol is viewed as a beverage for reducing anxiety,then alcohol consumption is considered symptomatic drinking.

Question 19

6 Describe the three major liver diseases that can result from chronic alcohol abuse and the distinctions among them.

Question 20

11 Discuss the physiological rationale behind giving naltrexone (brand name: ReVia)to recovering alcoholics to reduce their craving for alcohol.

Question 21

21 Most patients with alcohol cirrhosis are binge drinkers.

Question 22

27 Wernicke's disease occurs as a result of a deficiency of Vitamin B1.

Question 23

25 Twenty percent of those admitted to state mental hospitals show signs of alcohol dementia.

Question 24

22 Alcohol abuse has been linked to breast cancer in women.

Question 25

15 Delirium tremens symptoms (DTs)include frightening hallucinations.

Question 26

28 Confabulation is a symptom associated with Korsakoff's psychosis.

Question 27

9 The most influential enabler is the alcoholic.

Question 28

13 An intoxicated person's driving ability is overestimated.

Question 29

12 One element in the definition of alcohol abuse is a recurring use of alcohol in physically hazardous situations.

Question 30

11 Though those who are alcohol dependent are also alcohol abusers,not all alcohol abusers are dependent.

Question 31

18 Alcoholic cirrhosis is reversible by abstinence from alcohol,while alcoholic hepatitis is not.

Question 32

19 Alcohol is toxic to the liver only when nutritional deficiencies exist.

Question 33

10 Alcohol abuse is a more severe diagnosis than alcohol dependence.

Question 34

16 The three types of liver disease are alcoholic hepatitis,alcoholic cirrhosis,and delirium tremens.

Question 35

24 In alcoholic dementia,there is a significant shrinking of brain ventricles.

Question 36

23 Alcohol is a recognized carcinogen,owing to the increased risk of cancer after years of chronic alcohol abuse.

Question 37

17 In alcoholic cirrhosis,the liver enlarges and then later shrinks due to degeneration of liver cells.

Question 38

14 The process of alcohol tolerance can be observed at the level of the brain,but not the liver.

Question 39

26 Abstaining from alcohol can reverse some abnormalities in the brain in patients with alcohol dementia.

Question 40

20 Acetaldehyde is involved in the process of alcohol breakdown.

Question 41

34 Twenty percent of women nationwide continue to consume alcohol.

Question 42

30 The risk of FAS or FAE is greater when the mother is a binge drinker than if she drinks at a constant level all the time.

Question 43

42 Type 2 alcoholics show a higher genetic inheritance from one or both parents with respect to alcoholism than Type 1 alcoholics.

Question 44

46 The concordance rate for identical twins has been found to be significantly lower than the concordance rate for fraternal twins.

Question 45

36 More women than men suffer from alcohol-related organ damage.

Question 46

32 There is no "safe level" of drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

Question 47

39 Codependency is believed to be an innate trait related to extraordinarily high levels of self-worth.

Question 48

47 The concordance rate of alcoholism among twins shows evidence that alcoholism is not entirely genetic.

Question 49

31 The greatest risk of using alcohol is in the first trimester of pregnancy,especially the third week of gestation.

Question 50

40 All alcoholics have some family history of alcohol abuse.

Question 51

35 TWEAK is a questionnaire that directly asks drinkers about their drinking problems.

Question 52

33 FAS is the third leading cause of mental retardation in the United States.

Question 53

44 Those with Type 2 alcoholism often have a high tendency to use alcohol to escape negative feelings.

Question 54

38 Wernicke-Korsakoff symptoms can be misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease among the elderly.

Question 55

43 Those with Type 2 alcoholism often have a novelty-seeking personality.

Question 56

41 The majority of children of alcoholics become alcoholics themselves in adulthood.

Question 57

37 Elderly people who have no spouse frequently complain of social difficulties associated with alcohol.

Question 58

29 The ethnic group in the United States which is least affected by FAS is Native Americans.

Question 59

48E.M.Jellinek was the first to view alcohol as a disease.

Question 60

45 Serotonin abnormalities in the brain are often present in Type 1 alcoholics.

Question 61

56 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)is founded on the principle that one is never cured of alcoholism.

Question 62

54 Topiramate (brand name: Topamax),an antiepileptic and migraine-alleviating medication,is useful for treating alcohol dependence.

Question 63

2 Alcoholism is diagnosed by __________.

A)breathalyzer tests
B)a collection of signs,symptoms,and behaviors
C)urine analysis
D)a throat swab

Question 64

61 Unlike AA,SMART Recovery discourages labeling in general;a person is not required to call himself or herself an alcoholic to achieve success in recovery.

Question 65

58 Alcoholics Anonymous has been recognized as the best form of alcohol treatment.

Question 66

66 MAPs have been established as a way of increasing productivity of the organization,whereas EAPs are oriented toward enhancing the welfare of the individual.

Question 67

65 EAPs have been established as a way of increasing the productivity of the organization,whereas MAPs are oriented toward enhancing the welfare of the individual.

Question 68

50 The large majority of physicians feel that they are unprepared to diagnose alcoholism.

Question 69

52 Studies show that the use of the drug disulfiram,without any other drug treatment,reduces cravings for alcohol.

Question 70

57 Alcoholics Anonymous members believe they can relapse at any moment,even if they have not had an alcoholic drink in many years.

Question 71

62 The prevalence rates of alcohol impairment at the workplace are higher among women than men.

Question 72

51 Disulfiram (brand name: Antabuse)is designed to reduce the craving for alcohol during the process of recovery from alcoholism.

Question 73

64 Since 2009,a decreasing number of American workers have been covered by EAPs.

Question 74

55 Alcoholics Anonymous uses a twelve-step program to aid in the recovery of its members.

Question 75

59 SMART Recovery is an organization founded,in part,by individuals who objected to references in Alcoholics Anonymous to a "power greater than ourselves."

Question 76

53 The extended-release injectable form of naltrexone (brand name: Vivitrol)increases problems associated with individuals skipping their medication.

Question 77

1 Alcoholics tend to be stereotyped on the dimension of __________.

A)age
B)gender
C)socioeconomic level
D)all of the above

Question 78

49 The American Medical Association recognizes alcoholism as a disease.

Question 79

63 The prevalence rates of alcohol impairment at the workplace are higher for white employees than minority employees.

Question 80

60 SMART Recovery program uses the twelve steps to treat alcoholics.