Prevention and public health Flashcards
Disease model of substance misuse which suggests a loss of control in the patient
Disease model
Disease model of substance misuse which views the substance taking as a maladaptive behaviour
Social learning model
Safe weekly units of alcohol in males
21 units per week
Safe weekly units of alcohol in females
14 units per week
Hazardous weekly units of alcohol in males
21-49 units per week
Hazardous weekly units of alcohol in females
14-35 units per week
Harmful weekly units of alcohol in males
More than 49 units per week
Harmful weekly units of alcohol in females
More than 35 units per week
Alcohol risk of adoptees compared to biological/adopted family
Adoptees retain the risk proportional to their biological family
Sex believed to have a higher heritability of alcoholism
Males
Increase in risk of alcoholism with an affected first and second degree family member
4x higher
Increase in risk of alcoholism with an affected first degree family member
2x higher
Increase in risk of alcoholism with an affected second or third degree family member
1.5x higher
Alcohol screening tool suitable for GP use designed to be used as a brief structured interview or self report questionnaire
AUDIT
Alcohol screening tool designed to be used in A&E
FAST
Most widely used alcohol screening tool
CAGE
Time alcohol is present in the urine after ingestion
12 hours
Time amphetamines are present in the urine after ingestion
48 hours
Time benzodiazepines are present in the urine after ingestion
3 days