True/False - the alcohol-dependent individual is nearly five times more likely than other members of the general population to have other psychiatric comorbidities?
False
True
One of the causes of Alcohol‑Induced Brain Damage...
The liver damaged by ethanol is not able to remove neurotoxic substances
What is leading nutritional cause of brain damage in “complicated alcoholics” and results in Wernicke’s encephalopathy?
Iron deficiency
Thiamine deficiency
Zinc deficiency
Vitamin B12
what is the most commonly occurring and the one most recognized by the public alcohol clinical syndrome?
Alcohol withdrawl
Alcohol delirium
Alcohol-induced psychotic
Alcohol intoxication
It has a slower onset, typically after days of heavy drinking...
Alcohol-induced anxiety
Alcohol intoxication delirium
Alcohol-induced psychotic
Alcohol withdrawal delirium
Alcohol’s action is primarily through stimulation of what receptor?
N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors
Dopamine receotors
Glutamate receptors
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA-A) receptors
What excitatory receptor Alcohol inhibits?
N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors
Dopamine receptors
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA-A) receptors
Serotonin receptors
what changes in the brain account for the alcohol withdrawal syndrome?
Excess in GABA-A receptors
Deficiency in GABA-A receptors
Deficiency of NMDA receptors
Deficiency of Dopamine receptors
alcohol withdrawal begins...
3–6 hours after the last drink
6–8 hours after the last drink
8-10 hours after the last drink
alcohol withdrawal seizures may develop between _________ after the last drink.
48 and 72 hours
12 and 24 hours
24 and 48 hours
6 and 12 hours
True/False - Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder is relatively rare.
False
True
what psychiatric disorders commonly co-occur with alcohol use disorders?
Insomnia
Bulimia
Major depressive
OCD
True/ False - alcoholism often have erectile dysfunction and infertility.
False
True
True/False - Drinking alcohol before bed helps with sleep.
True
False
Deaths attributed to cirrhosis?
60%
40%
70%
50%
Alcohol affects the GI track by...
Decreased absorption of vitamins and minerals
Parotid gland enlargement
Direct damage on gut flora and cells
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