PSYC 3390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Psilocybin, Paracetamol, Alcohol By Volume

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Mary Manson

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12 percent prevalence life span is 12 years shorter. Alcohol is leading cause of death among young people. 40% of canadian teens killed in motor vehicle accidents have alcohol in their system. 27% of male suicides and 17 percent of female suicides involve alcohol lowers performance on cognitive tasks like problem solving. Brain shrinkage occurs in a high proprortion of people with alcohol dependence especially among binge drinkers. 37% of abusers suffer from atleast one other mental disorder. Alcohol abuse occurs in high frequency among individuals with personality disorders. Alcohol abuse is associated with 40 to 50 percent of all murders and 50 percent of rapes. A binge drinker is someone who reports consuming 5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more for women on one occasion during the preceding two week period. 30% for students reported binge drinking in the preceding two weeks. Marriage, higher levels of education and being older are associated with alcoholism.