Alcohol Abuse 2

Question 1

Alcohol related domestic violence

Answer 1

Alcohol is estimated to be involved in up to half of partner violence in Australia and 73% of partner physical assaults reported to police; these figures are higher in rural-remote areas

Question 2

Note, if someone…

Answer 2

if someone believes they have no control over their drinking, what perception are they likely to have about their drunken violence

Question 3

Define alcoholism

Answer 3

arose from the traditional medical-disease model and assumes that once an alcoholic has the disease they will always have it.

Question 4

What is the treatment for alcoholism

Answer 4

Only recommended treatment, total abstinence.

Question 5

Paradox

Answer 5

someone may have been abstinence for 20 years but is considered an alcoholic (compared to a social drinker)

Question 6

Why is this a problem

Answer 6

This conceptualisation is a major problem because the definition is inconsistent with the behaviour

Question 7

What has the DSM done

Answer 7

That is, DSM system shifted from labels/categories to frequency measures of problem behaviour)

Question 8

What are the preferred terms and what has this allowed

Answer 8

Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are the preferred terms and has allowed a shift to a bio-psychosocial model

Question 9

Dimensions of alcohol abuse

Answer 9

non-social pathological use (psychological); impairment of psychosocial functioning (social); prolonged duration of use (biological)

Question 10

Dimensions of alcohol dependence

Answer 10

non-social pathological use (psychological); impairment of psychosocial functioning (social); prolonged duration of use (biological); evidence of tolerance and withdrawal symptoms (biological)

Question 11

Difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence

Answer 11

same except alcohol dependence also has evidence of tolerance/withdrawal

Question 12

Study 1 Original addiction studies

Answer 12

Rats put in stark cage with food; given access to two bottles (one with water and the other water with heroin)

Question 13

Results of study 1 Original addiction studies

Answer 13

100% addiction; 95% overdose

Question 14

Conclusion of study 1 Original addiction studies

Answer 14

ingest heroin long enough - become addicted

Question 15

Accordingly the disease model makes either of two claims

Answer 15

Claim A: all or most people who use heroin or cocaine beyond a certain minimum amount become addicted; Claim B: No matter what proportion of the users of heroin and cocaine become addicted, their addiction is caused solely by exposure to the drug