PSYC 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Overeaters Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: congenital damage to central nervous system due to prenatal exposure to alcohol. Fetal alcohol syndrome associated with adverse health effects like developmental disabilities and facial deformities. Impaired control like drinking more than you wanted to family: pharmacological effects like depression and nausea. In elderly, tolerance decreases so more vulnerable to alcohol-related accidents like falls. Significance of alcoholics anonymous: earliest self-help program for people suffering from health program and led to overeaters anonymous and gamblers anonymous, treated alcoholics for decades. Cognitive-behavioural influences in alcohol treatment plans: self-monitoring phase where you understand why you start to drink and why you continue to drink, contingency contracting for accountability, working on motivation, stress management methods like relaxation, assertiveness, and social. Individual feedback on efforts skills training: can be used with medicine but up to you to keep taking medicine with.
