Alcoholism.ppt
- 1. H A L _ O _ _ _ _ S M I C L P C O H O C L I
- 2. What is Alcoholism? • Alcoholism is a chronic, often progressive disease in which a person craves alcohol and drinks despite repeated alcohol related problems (like losing a job or a relationship). • Alcoholism involves a physical dependence on alcohol, but other factors include genetic, psychological, and cultural influences
- 3. ALCOHOL • By pharmacological definition “alcohol is a drug and may be classified as a sedative , tranquilizer , hypnotic or anesthetic , depending upon the quantity consumed”.
- 4. SYMPTOMS Drinking by yourself or in secret Craving alcohol, in early hours Not being able to control the amount you drink Blackouts (not remembering events or conversations) Becoming irritable when you can' t get a drink at your regular time Having legal problems or an inability to sustain a relationship or a job Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety, when you stop drinking
- 5. EFFECTS: 1. PHYSIOLOGICAL – ACCIDENT/ INJURIES
- 7. CANCER OF THE MOUTH, THROAT AND ESOPHAGUS
- 8. LIVER CIRRHOSIS CANCER OF THE LIVER
- 10. EFFECTS: 3. SOCIAL - family disintegration, poor work performance, Anti social behavior, poor interpersonal relation 4. ECONOMICAL - Poverty , wastage of national wealth
- 11. TYPES OF ALCOHOLISM 1. Hazardous Drinking
- 13. 3. Physical Dependence Physically dependent drinkers have extremely high tolerances to alcohol.
- 14. 4. Psychological Dependent use alcohol to induce a desirable mindset.
- 15. 5. Healthy and Social Drinking They tend to drink for heart health, special occasions or to supplement a meal.
- 17. 1. Compulsive Alcoholism People who drink everyday until they are completely drunk.
- 18. 2. Gregarious Alcoholism These are people who drink as being part of a society or drinking falls in their culture, particularly celebrities and college students.
- 19. 3. Solipsist Alcoholism are those who drink to get rid of daily stress but are scared of being caught by their family or society since it is not a part of their cultural norms.
- 20. 4. Regressive Alcoholism are regular drinkers but are habitual of binge drinking in alternate months.
- 21. 5. Emotional Alcoholism • Similar to solipsistic drinkers, emotional alcoholics consume alcohol as a means of getting rid of their fears and frustration.
- 22. 6. Reactive Alcoholism • Often people undergo severe and terrible situations that make them hopeless and lifeless.
- 24. Young Adult Subtype • adults who take to alcoholism by age 20, but refuse to seek help or support for alcohol addiction.
- 25. Young Antisocial Subtype • These are individuals who have an average age of 26 years, who took to alcoholism by the age of 18.
- 26. Functional Subtype • Stable middle-aged individuals who drink occasionally (but in large amounts).
- 27. Intermediate Familial Subtype • who become alcoholics by age 30. Most have relatives who are also alcoholics.
- 28. Chronic Severe Subtype • Most often such drinkers are men, who are also drug addicts..
- 30. • C2H5OH, Ethanol – commonly used alcohol • Ethanol has been produced in the form of fermented and distilled alcoholic beverages.
- 31. • In industry, alcohols are produced in several ways by fermentation using glucose produced from sugar from the hydrolysis of starch, in the presence of yeast and temperature of less than 37°C to produce ethanol.
- 33. • Beer: malted cereal grain (as barley), flavored with hops • Brandy: distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice • Cognac: a brandy from the departments of Charente and Charente- Maritime distilled from white wine
- 34. • Gin: distilled or redistilled neutral grain spirits flavored with juniper berries and aromatics as anise and caraway seeds • Rum: cane product as molasses • Sake: rice • Tequila: a Mexican liquor distilled from pulque
- 35. • Vodka: distilled from a mash as of rye or wheat • Whiskey: mash of grain as rye, corn, or barley • Tennessee Whisky: Bourbon above which is filtered through maple charcoal
- 36. • Wine: juice of fresh grapes • Champagne: a white sparkling wine made in the old province of Champagne, France; also: a similar wine made elsewhere. • Sherry: a Spanish fortified wine with a distinctive nutty flavor.
- 38. EXPLANATORY NOTE • The law sets the minimum legal drinking age at 18. • The bill seeks to guarantee that our nation’s youth would carry out their responsibility in building our nation.
- 39. AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ACCESS OF MINORS TO ALCOHOL AND PENALIZING ESTABLISHMENTS THAT FURNISH ALCOHOL TO MINORS 15th Congress Senate Bill No. 2636
- 40. PREVENTIONS
- 41. PRIMARY PREVENTION • Educational Approach – – Programs for children ,risk group – Electronic Media – Target group intervention • Legal Approach – Control of production and sale – Raising prices and taxes – Raising of minimum age – Ban advertisement available centers • low use of alcohol content • improve mental health and coping mechanism to stress • parents to be Role Model for their children
- 42. SECONDARY PREVENTION • Early Diagnosis • Adequate Treatment – of withdrawal symptoms – of addiction-(physiological, psychological and social) – of complications –(depression ,anxiety ,vitamin deficiency, cirrhosis) • Post de-toxication counseling & Follow up • Change in Envt. at home , college ,work place..
- 43. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS • Started in 1935-Robert Hall Brook Smith William Griffin Wilson • An international fellowship of men and women who once had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, nondenominational and apolitical
- 44. TERITIARY PREVENTION It includes treatment and rehabilitation • After care programs • Vocational guidance • Counseling • Recreation.
- 45. THINK B4 U DRINK…