ALCOHOL USE DISORDERBY: ALYSSA BADAMI

DESCRIPTION

Book Description

Substance abuse is defined as by how much of the substance is ingested and how it affects the user's life

Substance dependency is defined as a central characteristic of alcohol dependence is often overpowering despite to consume alcohol. Patients experience difficulties in controlling the consumption of alcohol and continue drinking despite harmful consequences

For Example: If substances, such as alcohol, disrupt your education, job, relationship with others, and put you in physically dangerous situations you would be considered a substance abuse user.

IS IT ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY?

What’s the difference? Abuse: how the substance affects your

lifestyle and how it’s causing a negative impairment on your daily activities

Dependency: when you need it to function in day-to-day or when you need it to complete a task

Can dependency be presented without abuse?

Yes, a person can be dependent on the drug, such as alcohol in this case without abusing it. 

Example: Cancer patients who take morphine for pain over time will start to build up a tolerance for it. Without the morphine, they will continue to be in pain so they must take it every day to continue to keep the pain away. As their tolerance builds, they continue to use more. You can go through withdrawal without

abusing a substance!!!

IS IT ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY?

Signs of dependency Drug-seeking behaviors

How you are able to get your ‘drugs’ Examples:

Stealing money to buy the substance Hiding the substance from friends and family Hiding/putting away funds aside to purchase

the substance Lying about how much/often you use

CAUSE & EFFECTSEffects alcohol has on the female body:

Brain Heart Lungs Liver Small Intestines Legs Eyes Mouth Brest Cancer Stomach

CAUSE & EFFECTS

Effects alcohol has on male body: Brain Lungs Liver Pancreas Intestines Reproductive System Eyes Mouth Throat Heart Stomach Muscles Bones

CAUSE & EFFECTS

Immediate effects Blurred vision Slurred speech Increased heart beat Lowers body temperature Vomiting Hangover Alcohol Poisoning (death)

Serious medical conditions Cancer Depression Heart and reparatory failure Cirrhosis Wernicke – Koraskoff Syndrome (or

Alcoholic Dementia)

CAUSE & EFFECTSWhat happens when you stop drinking?

Withdrawal from alcohol can cause delirium. A person can experience frightening hallucinations and body tremors. Along with chills, fever, diarrhea, nausea & vomiting, aches, and pains  This can happen if you are addicted to

alcohol or not! 

People drink because… Although alcohol is a depressant one can

experience...  Relaxation, which causes people to

Feel better about themselves Be more confident  Have greater fun during events Forget their problems  

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Relationships

Dependent & Family Dependent & Partner Dependent & Child Dependent & Work

Chemically Dependent Family Roles

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS The Effects of Shame and Abandonment Shame is the foundation in a chemically

dependent family Inability to talk about feelings and abuse Will pass down throughout generations

Abandonment

Everyone experiences abandonment Family cannot nurture the child Neither parent will be able to suppose the

child with consistent love and support They are too needy themselves

Physically and emotional abandonment

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Genetics Multiple genes influence the ability to

become alcohol dependent Multiple genes influences

Genes are responsible for half of the causes in AUD

Children who are in an alcoholic household are more likely to become alcoholics themselves.

Other Issues Relating A partial or complete lack of effective

communication Poor or non-existent parenting skills Poorly run and managed homes with no set

schedules, structure or discipline Ineffective role models for children who then grow

up to repeat family issues in their own families More conflict in the home including arguing,

fighting and sometimes physical abuse Family isolation from the community due to

alcohol abuse Financial issues and struggles that lead to a more

stressful life

DEMOGRAPHICS

30% of American adults don't drink at all. Another 30% consume, on average, less than one drink per week.

On the other hand, the top 10% of American adults - 24 million of them- consume an average of 74 drinks per week or a little more than 10 drinks per day

This is average per week American Adults Drink 

TYPES OF DRINKING

Lower-risk drinking Lower-risk drinking can be described as drinking in a way that is unlikely to cause yourself or others

significant risk of harm. Examples: Women should not regularly drink more than 2-3 units of alcohol a day. Men should not regularly drink more than 3-4 units of alcohol a day. Pregnant women or women trying to conceive should avoid drinking alcohol. If they do choose to

drink they should not drink more than 1-2 units of alcohol once or twice a week and should not get drunk.

TYPES OF DRINKING

Increasing-risk drinking can be described as drinking above sensible limits but not yet experiencing harm. 

more than 3 and 4 units of alcohol a day on a regular basis for men (22-50 units a week) more than 2 and 3 units of alcohol a day on a regular basis for women (15-35 units a week)

Increasing-risk drinking

TYPES OF DRINKINGHigher-risk drinking

Higher-risk drinking can be described as drinking at levels that bring about significant harm to your physical and mental health and at levels that may be causing substantial harm to others.

Examples include; liver damage, cirrhosis, dependence on alcohol and substantial stress or aggression in the family.

Women who drink heavily during pregnancy put their babies at risk of development of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. These disorders lead to lifelong intellectual and behavioral problems for their child.

more than 8 units of alcohol a day for men  (50+ units per week)

more than 6 units a day for women  (35+ units per week)

TYPES OF DRINKING

Binge drinking The most widely used measure for binge

drinking is drinking over twice the recommended daily guidelines in one drinking session. 

This means drinking over 8 units if you are a man and drinking over 6 units if you are a woman.

However, typically people go over the 8 units as a male and 6 units as a female.

Binge drinking is essentially drinking too much alcohol over a short period of time. Typically, this type of drinking leads to drunkenness. It has immediate and short-term risks to the drinker and to those around them. People who become drunk are much more likely to be involved in an accident or assault, be charged with a criminal offence, contract a sexually transmitted infection and, for women, are more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy.

ALCOHOL FACTS & STATISTICSAdults (ages 18+)

16.3 million adults ages 18 and older (6.8 percent of this age group) had an AUD in 2014. This includes 10.6 million men (9.2 percent

of men in this age group) and 5.7 million women (4.6 percent of women in this age group).Youth (ages 12–17)

In 2014, an estimated 679,000 adolescents ages 12–17 (2.7 percent of this age group) had an AUD. This number includes 367,000 females (3.0

percent of females in this age group) and 311,000 males (2.5 percent of males in this age group).

ALCOHOL RELATED DEALTHS

2014 Study Findings Nearly 88,0009 people die from alcohol

related causes approximately 62,000 men and 26,000

women This makes alcohol the fourth leading

preventable cause of death in the United States

In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths 31 percent of overall driving fatalities

Family Consequences & Underage Drinking Problems

More than 10% of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems, according to a 2012 study.

According to the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 34.7% of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.

About 8.7 million people ages 12–20 have had at least one drink. 22.8% of people in this age group reported

drinking alcohol in the past month

DSM-V

WHAT IF THE DEPENDENT WANTS TO STOP?

Detox Assessment

Typically, a scoring system For example, CIWA http://www.mdcalc.com/ciwa-ar-for-

alcohol-withdrawal/

WHAT IF THE DEPENDENT WANTS TO STOP?Types of Alcohol Treatment Programs

Residential treatment Partial hospitalization Intensive outpatient program Counseling (Individual, group, or family) Sober living Brief intervention

Paying For Treatment Check your insurance Look for programs that have a sliding

scale and payment options

QUIZ

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