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Using Alcohol & Other Drugs

Using Alcohol & Other Drugs. Health Psychology PSCY 4080 Amber M. Henslee, M.S. Prevalence. Binge = five+ drinks on the same _______ at least once per month 20.6% Heavy = more than 14 drinks/week for men (or 7+ for women) 5.6%. Prevalence.

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Using Alcohol & Other Drugs

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  1. Using Alcohol & Other Drugs Health Psychology PSCY 4080 Amber M. Henslee, M.S.

  2. Prevalence • Binge = five+ drinks on the same _______ at least once per month • 20.6% • Heavy = more than 14 drinks/week for men (or 7+ for women) • 5.6%

  3. Prevalence • Weschler et al. @ Harvard College Alcohol Study – 1993, ’97, ‘99 • Gender specific definition for binge drinking • The ____ measure

  4. College Alcohol Study (1999) • Frequent bingers = 23% (slight rise from 20%) • 3+ binges in past 2 weeks • Occasional bingers = 21% • 1-2 binges in past 2 weeks • Nonbingers=37% & Abstainers=19%

  5. Class Participation • AUDIT = ___________________ • Not a diagnostic tool • Only a screening measure • Drug History Survey

  6. Effects of Alcohol & Drugs • Tolerance - w/ continued use more is needed to produce the same effect • Withdrawal - physiological reaction to __________ use • Dependence – a physiological necessity for functioning

  7. More on Tolerance • Longtime heroin users, for instance, have been observed to require ten thousand times the dose they injected when they began their habit. Their brains adapt to heroin to such an extent that they inject themselves with quantities of this narcotic that could kill a person not tolerant to heroin.

  8. Abuse • A _________ pattern of substance use manifested by recurrent and significant adverse consequences related to the repeated use of the substance.

  9. Abuse • There may be failure to fulfill major role obligations, repeated use in situations in which it is physically hazardous, multiple legal problems, and recurrent social and interpersonal problems.

  10. Dependence • A cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues use of the substance despite ________ substance-related problems.

  11. Dependence • There is a pattern of repeated ____________ that usually results in tolerance, withdrawal, and compulsive drug taking.

  12. Direct Physical Mental Pregnancy Indirect Unintentional injury MVAs Aggressive bx ___________ Hazards

  13. Second-Hand Effects of Alcohol • Wechsler and Dowdall (1998) • Having study time or sleep interrupted - 60.6% • Having to take care of a drunken student - 50.2% • Being insulted or humiliated - 28.6%

  14. Benefits of Alcohol Use • For LIGHT –MODERATE drinkers • Lower risk of heart disease • Strokes? • Less risk of ischemic stroke • Restriction of blood supply • More risk of ___________ stroke • Rupture of blood vessel

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