Exam 9: Alcohol: Social Beveragesocial Drug

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

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

In Type 1 alcoholics,_______ tended to play a role in the development of alcoholism.

Looking at how families of alcoholics interact is often referred to as __________.

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

Research on adopted children shows that biological children of alcoholics being raised by nonalcoholic adoptive parents __________.

The encouragement of controlled levels of drinking rather than total abstinence is a position of which alcoholism treatment program?

The success of naltrexone treatment in alcoholism has suggested that alcohol may interact with receptors sensitive to which neurotransmitter?

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

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

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

Among persons aged 18 or older,men outnumber women three to one in __________.

Most patients with alcohol cirrhosis are binge drinkers.

The liver disease where the liver enlarges from accumulation of fats and later shrinks is __________.

A commonly observed group of symptoms associated with alcohol withdrawal is referred to as __________.

The most effective therapy for codependency involves __________.

Which of the following concepts is based on a systems approach to alcoholism?

Alcohol __________.

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

Alcohol abuse is a more severe diagnosis than alcohol dependence.