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1 Alcohol – 1

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1. Drug and alcohol problems are more prevalent among homosexuals.
2. Moderate drinkers are a greater public health problem than very heavy drinkers.
3. The prevalence of alcohol-related problems in a population depends on the average consumption per person.
4. Alcohol misuse is more common in the elderly than in the middle-aged.
5. The prevalence of alcohol misuse in patients admitted to general hospitals is 5–10%.
6. Aldehyde dehydrogenase is the rate-limiting enzyme in the metabolism of alcohol.
7. Women get drunk more easily than men because women have relatively more body water.
8. Sons of male alcoholics have a 10 times increased risk of alcoholism.
9. A raised GGT (gamma glutamyl transpeptidase) level indicates demonstrable liver damage.
10. Salience of drink-seeking behaviour is an indicator of alcohol dependence.
11. Alcohol withdrawal starts as early as 6 hours after the last drink.
12. Delirium tremens starts 2–4 days after the last drink.
13. Alcoholic blackouts refer to memory loss following intoxication to the point of losing consciousness.
14. Alcohol abuse during pregnancy causes facial abnormalities in the fetus.
15. Alcoholic hallucinosis resolves spontaneously in 6 months.
16. Implicit memory is preserved in Korsakoff’s syndrome.
17. Korsakoff’s psychosis is commonly associated with suggestibility.
18. Methanol poisoning may cause acidosis.
19. Pathological drunkenness is followed by amnesia for the episode.
20. In Wernicke’s encephalopathy, ophthalmoplegia starts to improve within hours of treatment with thiamine.
21. In the management of alcoholism, admission to specialist alcohol treatment units is more effective than admission to general psychiatric wards.
22. Acamprosate inhibits alcohol dehydrogenase.
23. Stimulus control is more useful in the precontemplation phase of stages of change than in the action phase.
24. Disulfiram inhibits the conversion of dopamine to noradrenaline.
25. Suicide in the elderly is associated with alcohol abuse.