Alcohol And Drug Treatments Flashcards
Who has the highest rates of drugs, alcohol and mental disorders?
Young people 15-25 year olds
What is the leading cause of death in young people?
Suicide
What is the prevalence of smoking?
Down 24% in 1991 to 15% in 2010
20% 20-24 year old
12-17 year girls more likely to smoke than boys
What is the prevalence of alcohol abuse?
Drinking to get drunk rates falling but still very high in young people 60-50%
What is the prevalence of cannabis use in Australia?
Au biggest consumers in the world until us leagalised
Rates going down
Young people biggest consumers
What are 4 comorbidities that commonly occur with cannabis use?
- AOD disorders - Psychiatric symptoms caused by alcohol and drugs
- Depression
- Psychotic experiences
- Psychotic disorders
What has changed in the DSM-4 to the DSM-5 edition regarding substance use disorders?
**legal problems has been removed
Added- craving the drug
Substance abuse and disuse have been separated
What is the number 1 cause of disability and death in 15-29 year olds?
AOD disorders
Alcohol and other drug disorders
24%-32% total disability
19-36% deaths
What are the help seeking behaviours found in young people experiencing AOD related problems? Give 3 reasons why
Very few seek help
7% of males
18% females
Because:
- Social norms
- Don’t view use as problematic
- Stigma associated with AOD treatment
What is the most common drug young people seek assistance for?
Cannabis
Treatment episodes increasing
How many people globally seek help for AOD?
1 in 6
50% first time for cannabis
What are the 4 options for youth treatment for AOD?
- Regulatory- reduce risk
- Prevention- delay age of use
- Early intervention- reduce progression from regular to problematic
- Treatment of AOD dependence
What are the regulatory actions taken to reduce AOD?
- Use law policies and enforcement to reduce supply and demand
- Australian AOD policy is harm minimisation
What are the 4 regulatory approaches for tobacco?
- Cigarette tax- 12.5% increase
$1 per cigarette
1 billion less sold a year
- Media campaigns: attitudes/policies
- Package changes
- Not smoking in venues
What are the regulatory actions for alcohol?
Alcopops tax
What are the health policies around alcohol consumption?
- Amount of drinks reduced to less than 2 per day
2. For people under age of 18 no alcohol is safest
NHMRC guidelines state to reduce the risk of lifetime alcohol related disease or injuries, how many drinks per day?
Less than 2
NHMRC guidelines state to reduce the risk of injury due to alcohol, how many drinks on a single occasion?
Less than 4
Drinking more than 4 drinks doubles the risk of injury in the next 6 hours
Evidence based research
What evidence for regulation of alcohol policy has been found to be effective (Burton et al, 2017)
- Tax and price regulation
- Regulation and marketing
- Regulating availability
- Provision of information
- Managing the drinking environment
- Preventing drug/drink driving
- AOD school education (does not work)
- Brief intervention
What is the purpose of universal school based drug education?
Prevent/delay age of onset
But may not work as increased curiosity