PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Alcohol Intoxication, Flavonoid, Benzodiazepine
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Lifts spirits and lowers inhibition: negative effects: Autonomic hyperactivity, hand tremor, insomnia, nausea or vomiting, transient hallucinations, psychomotor agitation, anxiety, grand mal seizures. Symptoms of dementia with greater impairment of visuospatial memory (vs. verbal memory) May show some improvement in symptoms after 5 years of sobriety. Memory impairment involving inability to learn new information or recall previously- learned information. Anterograde amnesia most severe, esp. for declarative memories. Retrograde amnesia affects recent more than remote memories. Vitamin b1 deficiency (continue to drink heavily and not eat) 1% alcoholics. Dependence: 3 or more symptoms in a 12-month period. Ex: tolerance, withdrawal, persistence efforts to cut down, loss of control, activities reduced or given up. Abuse: 1 or more symptoms in a 12-month period. Ex: substance-related legal problems, use when physically hazardous. Decreased risk of heart attack, by preventing blood clot forming and clogging arteries. Increased level of hdl cholesterol, sweeps away fatty deposits along artery walls.
