AUD General information
According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, how many adults ages 18 and older had AUD in 2021?
What is 28.8 Million?
Common long term affects with the BRAIN from alcohol usage?
What is Brain shrinkage, loss of grey and white matter, decrease in memory, decrease in the ability to learn, increases behaviors?
Common short term affects with the BRAIN from alcohol usage?
What is slows down chemical pathways to your brain, alters mood, slows down reflexes, affects balance, trouble remembering or learning new information and sleep problems?
Alcohol Use Disorder recovery possible?
YES! No matter the severity or mildness of usage.
There are 11 symptoms occurring within a 12 month period for someone with a problematic problem of drinking, how many of those symptoms must someone have in order to be diagnosed with AUD?
What is 2 of 11 symptoms?
What is the tool that we reviewed in group today called that may aid in the determination of an AUD diagnosis?
What is the Alcohol Symptoms Checklist?
Common long term affects with the LIVER from alcohol usage?
What is Fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, liver cancer?
Common short term affects with the LIVER from alcohol usage?
What is slows down the metabolizing speed of alcohol, damaging the liver causing it to not function to the full ability?
Brain disease that is marked as compulsive drinking, loss of control over alcohol use, negative emotions when not drinking.
What is Alcohol Use Disorder?
Of the 11 symptoms occurring within a 12 month period, what number of symptoms has to occur for someone to have moderate severity of AUD?
What is 4-5 symptoms?
True or False
An external trigger for someone includes consumption of alcohol being assumed as normal at social functions
What is True?
Common long term affects on the BONES from alcohol usage?
What is weaken bones, increased risk of fractures/ broken bones, high levels of gout and uric acid (arthritis)?
Common short term affects with the KIDNEY'S from alcohol usage?
What is dehydration, inability to regulate fluid and electrolytes, disrupts hormones that help the kidney function?
Drinking in a manner, situation, amount or frequency that could cause harm to users or to those around them.
What is Alcohol Misuse?
( Those under 21 years of age, women that are pregnant and any alcohol use is considered misuse)
True or False
Craving or a strong desire or urge to use alcohol is a symptom of AUD
What is True?
People, places, situations and mental and emotional states act as these
What are Triggers?
Common long term affects with the HEART from alcohol usage?
What is heart damage, raise cholesterol levels. Increased risk of a heart attack/ congestive heart failure?
Common short term affects with the HEART from alcohol usage?
What is increases heart rate, expands blood vessels, (makes you feel warm), body temperature drops after it rises?
Heavy alcohol use or "heavy drinking" amount for men?
What is 4 drinks on any day or more than 14 drinks per week?
What is AUD?
Alcohol Use Disorder can increase your risk of a brain disorder called?
What is Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?
a neurological disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
Common long term affects with the IMMUNE SYSTEM from alcohol usage?
What is impair bodies ability to fight infection and diseases.
Common short term affects with the STOMACH from alcohol usage?
What is increases digestive juices, diarrhea, bloating and abdominal pain?
Heavy alcohol use or "heavy drinking" amount for Women?
What is 3 drinks on any day or more than 7 drinks per week?
True or False
A markedly increased effect with continued use of the same amount of alcohol is a symptom of AUD?
What is False
A markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount of alcohol is a tolerance symptom of AUD.