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17 Cards in this Set
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Why do men and women drink?
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- social ease
- role models - advertising |
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What are reasons for drinking?
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- psychological factors
- self mediation - childhood traumas - depression - inherited susceptibility |
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Why do students drink?
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- social norms
- party schools - living arrangements - participation in sports - coping - parental approval - first year transition |
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What is binge?
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- man having 5+ drinks
- woman having 4+ drinks |
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What is predrinking?
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consuming alcholic beverages usually with friends before going out
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What is ethyl alcohol?
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- aka ehtanol
- intoxicating agent in alcohol |
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What is proof?
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- alcoholic strength of a distilled spirit
- expressed as 2 times the percent of alcohol present |
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What is blood alcohol concentration?
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- amount of alcohol in the blood
- expressed as a percentage |
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What is absorption?
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passage of substance into or across membranes or tissues
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What are the signs of alcohol poisoning?
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- mental confusion
- vomiting - seizures - slow breathing or irregular - hypothermia |
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What are fetal alcohol effects?
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- milder than Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- EX: low birth weight, irritability as nervousness, and permanent mental impairment |
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What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
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cluster of physical and mental defects in newborns caused by mother's alcohol consumption during pregnancy
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What is alcohol abuse?
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continued use of alcohol despite knowledge of the consequences
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What is alcohol dependence?
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development of a strong craving for alcohol's pleasuralistic effects
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What is detoxification?
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supervised removal of poisonous or harmful substance from the body
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What is delirium tremens?
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delusions, hallucinations, and agitated behavior following withdrawal from long-term chronic abuse
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What is relapse prevention?
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alcohol recovery treatment method that focuses on social skills training to develop ways of preventing or minimizing a relapse.
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