Alcohol Use Disorders and Assessment

Understand the range of Alcohol Use Disorders and be able to differentiate between harmful use of alcohol and alcohol dependence syndrome.
Explain the course and severity of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome and the complications of seizures and alcohol withdrawal delirium.
Describe how to manage and/or prevent the alcohol withdrawal syndrome using medication(in particular- benzodiazepines )and vitamin therapy.
Discuss post detoxification treatment both pharmacological and psychological.
Understand that both genetic and life history and environmental factors contribute to the aetiology and prevalence of AUDs and that a public health approach is needed beside individual treatment.

What is alcoholism?
Outline the (American) disease model of alcohol dependance
Define and describe alcohol dependance syndrome
What is the diagnostic criteria for alcoholism?
What are the recommended unit limits of alcohol in the week in the UK?
What is a “unit” of alcohol and how is this calculated? What is the milligram percentage rise of blood alcohol in a non-tolerant individual after a unit of alcohol? How long does it take to eliminate?
What is the extent of the problem of alcohol dependance in the UK? (epidemiology)
What are the chronic liver disease mortality rates per 100,000 population?
What is the distribution of alcohol-related deaths in the UK?
Outline the epidemiology of alcoholism in the UK and related injuries
Outline the extent of alcoholism in Scotland
What is the estimated cost of alcoholism in Glasgow?
What is the aetiological mechanisms of alcoholism?