Addiction
This condition is characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences.
What is alcohol use disorder (AUD)
Using alcohol during this developmental age range may affect brain development, making it more likely that they will be diagnosed with AUD later in life.
What is adolescence (from preteens to mid-20s)
Two of the most major mental health issues of long-term AUD are the following.
What is anxiety and depression?
What are Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders?
Most people with AUD—no matter their age or the severity of their alcohol problems—can benefit from ______ with behavioral health therapies, medications, or both.
What is treatment
During this stage, a person experiences the rewarding effects of alcohol, such as euphoria, the reduction of anxiety, and the easing of social interactions.
What is the Binge/Intoxication Stage
1 in __ children grows up in a household where a parent has a drinking problem.
What is 10?
Early-onset of this generally-senior mental disease can be brought forth by long-term alcoholism.
What is dementia?
One of the earliest ways AUD may impact a pregnancy is the following.
What is a miscarriage?
One of the most-commonly thought of long-term resources for AUD support is a 12-step program colloquially known as the following.
What is "AA" (also acceptable: Alcoholic's Anonymous)?
This is the name for the stage of addiction where the brain is focused on getting more alcohol to fulfill its craving.
What is the preoccupation stage?
This is the term given to positive perceptions of how alcohol use and abuse will make an individual feel.
What are cognitive expectancies?
This is the over-arching term used for impacts such as unemployment, damage to relationships, and struggles in interpersonal communication.
What are called Social Impacts?
Two of the common ways AUD may impact end-of-term pregnancy/labor are the following.
What are stillbirth and premature labor?
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
This is the term given to the way the prefrontal cortex experiences damage caused by AUD in addiction patients.
This style of drinking in a parent(s) has been shown to cause more disturbed family relationship dynamics than other styles of alcohol abuse.
What is binge drinking?
This is the last bodily system to be impacted by AUD.
What is the skeletal system?
This is the term given to the lessening of the uterus as a healthy growing place for a fetus.
What is intrauterine growth restriction?
This medication, used in some AUD treatment plans, creates unpleasant symptoms as the body metabolizes alcohol.
What is Disulfiram?
This is the part of the brain that serves as the regulation of the rewards system and is impacted by AUD.
What is the basal ganglia?
These are the two more widely-documented ways sibling relationships may share propensity for AUD.
What are 1) Modeling Behaviors and 2) Shared Genetic Predisposition?
This is a medical term that can be used to describe the negative emotional state associated with drug withdrawal
What is Hyperkatifeia
This is the term for the complete cessation of ovulation, which may be caused by long-term alcoholism in women.
What is anovulation?
This is the first, and often most difficult step in recovery.
What is accepting that you need help