PSYC 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Anandamide, Opioid Receptor, Drug Czar
22 Nov 2017
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Dsm-iv criteria for alcoholism: failure to fulfill major obligations at work, home, school, continued drinking in situations where it is physically dangerous, e. g. when driving a car. Recurrent alcohol-related run-ins with the law (e. g. arrests for disorderly conduct: continued drinking despite social or interpersonal consequences. In 1996, about 38% of convicts were drinking at time of offense: large relationship between alcohol and run-ins with law, large relationship between alcohol and domestic abuse. Studying genetics of alcoholism in humans: twin studies, compare identical twins (monozygotic, from same egg), siblings, and fraternal twins from same family. Is drinking habit related to that of biological parents or adoptive parents: answer: biological parents, more evidence for genetic factor. In humans, withdrawal from alcohol can be fatal; this is not the case for opioids: alcohol is anti-epileptic; enhances gaba, suppresses neural activity, with withdrawal, there is increased probability of seizures.
