public health + ethics

Question 1

What is the guidance for alcohol intake?

Answer 1

No more than 14 units a week
Spread across 3 days at least

Question 2

Psychosocial effects of excessive alcohol consumption

Answer 2

Interpersonal Relationships: (violence, sexual violence, depression or anxiety)
Problems at Work
Criminality
Social Disintegration (Poverty)
Driving incidents/offences

Question 3

How much is one unit of alcohol?

Answer 3

8 grams or 10ml of pure alcohol

Question 4

NICE guidelines for avoiding alcohol use disorders through policy

Answer 4

Price - Make alcohol less affordable
Availability - licensing & import allowances
Marketing - limit exposure, esp.to children and young people

Question 5

How is choice restricted in alcohol harm prevention in the UK?

Answer 5

minimum unit pricing
restriction on alcohol advertising

Question 6

What information is provided in alcohol harm prevention?

Answer 6

Alcohol labelling (industry self-regulation)
Drinking guidelines
Media campaigns

Question 7

What is substance abuse?

Answer 7

the harmful use of any substance for non-medical purposes or effect

Question 8

Effects of drug misuse

Answer 8

Mortality
Morbidity (physical and psychological impact on quality of life)
Social (criminal justice involvement, crime, violence, acceptability)
Economic (productivity, tax)
Personal (identity, stigma, relationships)

Question 9

What is psychological dependence?

Answer 9

Feeling that life is impossible without the drug. Emotional effect: feelings of fear, pain, shame, guilt, loneliness if not on drug

Question 10

What is physical dependence?

Answer 10

Body needs more and more of a drug for same effect (tolerance)