Exam 9: Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

A workplace-based program to help people with alcohol and other drug problems in an effort to enhance the welfare of the individual worker is known as______.

The alcoholism treatment program known as SMART Recovery is based upon __________.

Fetal alcohol syndrome was first officially established as a medical condition in __________.

A sensitivity to the mere mention of a possible drinking problem is referred to as __________.

The liver disease characterized by liver enlargement due to fat accumulation followed by liver shrinkage due to cell loss is __________.

Which of the following criteria is no longer included in the DSM-5?

Craving for alcohol means that alcoholism has which characteristic?

Compare and contrast how diagnosis of problem drinking has changed between the DSM-IV-TR and the DSM-5 of the American Psychiatric Association.

There is a correlation between a decline in overall intelligence and __________.

The greatest risk for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders is associated with __________.

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

Heather began having physical withdrawal symptoms about 24 hours after she stopped drinking. She kept waking up from vivid dreams. She was trembling and sweating. Her heart rate was rapid, and she felt nauseated. Heather is suffering from __________.

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

SMART Recovery is different from AA in that __________.

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

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

Tina and Jane each consumed eight alcoholic beverages during their pregnancies. Tina drank two alcoholic beverages per week during the first month of her pregnancy. Jane drank all eight beverages on the same weekend during the first month of her pregnancy. From this information, it is reasonable to conclude that __________.

Twenty percent of those admitted to mental hospitals shows signs of alcohol dementia.

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

Alcohol __________.