PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Bioavailability, Endocrine System
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By the end of today"s class you should be able to: review health behaviours that may contribute to sex differences in mortality and morbidity, explain the greater susceptibility to alcohol-related impairments among females than males. The prevalence of alcohol and other drug use has declined in canada in recent years (statistics canada, Males are more likely than females to consume alcohol and illicit drugs; females are more likely than males to consume psychoactive pharmaceutical drugs. Sex differences in alcohol and other drug use have decreased over the last several decades. Decrease for both sexes for use of varied drugs (illicit drug use has decreased significantly) Males are more likely to use alcohol and illicit drugs. Males are more likely than females to be alcohol and or illicit drug dependent. Females are more vulnerable to the acute and chronic effects of alcohol and other drugs (nolen-
