Chapter 8

Question 1

alcoholism

Answer 1

there is no agreement regarding at what specific point someone is an alcoholic

Question 2

alcoholism (second definition)

Answer 2

is a chronic behavioral disorder manifested by repeated drinking of alcoholic beverages in excess of the dietary and social uses of the community

Question 3

craving

Answer 3

a compulsion to drink alcohol even during inappropriate times (driving, working)

Question 4

very impaired or loss of control

Answer 4

inability to limit drinking once begun

Question 5

physical dependence

Answer 5

withdrawal symptoms when attempting to abstain

Question 6

tolerance

Answer 6

need to increase usage to achieve the effect, the “buzz” from alcohol

Question 7

alpha alcoholism

Answer 7

mostly a physiological dependence

Question 8

beta alcoholics

Answer 8

mostly socially dependent on alcohol

Question 9

gamma alcoholics

Answer 9

most severe; suffers from emotional and psychological impairment

Question 10

delta alcoholics

Answer 10

constantly losing control over the amount of alcohol consumed

Question 11

epsilon alcoholics

Answer 11

constantly binge drinking and at times days at a time

Question 12

zeta alcoholics

Answer 12

moderate drinker who becomes abusive and violent

Question 13

young adult

Answer 13

young adult drinkers without major problems regarding their drinking

Question 14

young antisocial

Answer 14

mid-20s, had earlier onset of regular drinking and alcohol problems, and come from heavy alcohol use families

Question 15

functional

Answer 15

middle-aged, well-educated, with stable jobs and families

Question 16

intermediate familial

Answer 16

middle-aged. with 50% from families with multigenerational alcoholism

Question 17

chronic severe

Answer 17

mostly middle-aged, high rates of antisocial personality disorder and criminality

Question 18

drunken comportment

Answer 18

behavior exhibited while under the direct influence of alcohol determined by the norms and expectations of a particular culture

Question 19

disinhibitor

Answer 19

a psychoactive chemical that depresses thought and judgment functions in the cerebral cortex, which has the effect of allowing relatively unrestrained behavior

Question 20

pseudointoxication

Answer 20

acting inebriated even before the quantity consumed produces its effects

Question 21

set

Answer 21

an individual’s expectation of what a drug will do to his/her personality

Question 22

setting

Answer 22

the physical and social environment where most drugs, including alcohol, are consumed

Question 23

wet cultures

Answer 23

-cultures where alcohol is integrated into daily life and activities.
-abstinence is low and wine is a beverage of preference
(european countries)

Question 24

dry cultures

Answer 24

-cultures where alcohol consumption is not as common during everyday activities.
-abstinence is more common
-when drinking occurs it is more likely to result in intoxication
(US, Canada)

Question 25

co-dependency

Answer 25

• co-alcoholisim
• a relationship pattern in which addiction or nonaddicted family members identify with the alcohol addict and deny the existence of alcohol consumption as a problem

Question 26

enabling

Answer 26

denial or making up of excuses of the excessive drinking of an alcohol addict to whom someone is close

Question 27

psychodrama

Answer 27

a family therapy in which significant inter- and

intra-personal issues are enacted in a focused setting using dramatic techniques

Question 28

genogram

Answer 28

a family therapy technique that records information about behavior and relationships on a type of family tree to elucidate persistent patterns of dysfunctional behaviors

Question 29

role-playing

Answer 29

a therapeutic technique in which group members play assigned parts in elicit emotional actors

Question 30

post-traumatic stress disorder

Answer 30

a psychiatric syndrome in which an individual who has been exposed to a traumatic even or situation experiences psychological stress that may manifest itself in a wide range of symptoms including trauma

Question 31

relapsing syndrome

Answer 31

returning to the use of alcohol after quitting

Question 32

acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Answer 32

symptoms that occur when an alcohol addicted individual does not maintain his/her usual blood alcohol level

Question 33

delirium tremens

Answer 33

the most severe, even life threatening, form of alcohol withdrawal, involving hallucination, deliriums, and fever