PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Buprenorphine, Psychoticism, Behavioral Activation

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Dts (delirium tremens): a severe form of alcohol withdrawal due to sudden and severe mental and physiological changes. Dsm-5 changes: since the difference between substance abuse and substance dependence is quantitative, both diagnoses will be included on a single continuum. Mixing alcohol and barbiturates is common suicide method, lethal dose. Prevalence of alcohol abuse and comorbidity with other disorders. Lifetime alcohol abuse 17. 8%, 12-month alcohol abuse is 4. 7% Alcohol misuse affects 3 in 10 americans rates are higher among men, younger cohorts and whites. Canadian prototypical heavy drinker is young adult male, who is not married, and is financially stable. Summer 2012: problems associated with heavy drinking include hangovers, memory loss, regrets for actions and missing classes. Jelli(cid:374)ek(cid:859)s theor(cid:455): male alcohol abuser progresses from social drinking to alcohol dependence in 4 stages: many different patterns of alcohol abuse- i. e: may be restricted to weekends, or may binge with long period of abstinence.

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