Alcohol Addiction | Introduction
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Added on 2019-12-28
Alcohol Addiction | Introduction
Added on 2019-12-28
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3Q1 Information to be achieved during first appointment:...............................................................3Q2 Factors to be considered when assessing if this lady is ready to address her alcohol use.........3Q3 How to decide to admit the patient for an inpatient 'detox' or outpatient 'detox'?.....................3Q4 What is likely to have happened to her on those two occasions................................................4Q5 Mechanism for Hallucinations and Heart palpitation................................................................4Q6 How can this be prevented?.......................................................................................................5Q7 Medications to reduce alcohol consumption..............................................................................5Q8 Mechanism of action of the drugs you mentioned above (even if they weren’t suitable for thispatient).............................................................................................................................................5Q9 Mechanism of action of drug Baclofen......................................................................................5Q10. Mechanism of cognitive problems in someone with long term alcoholism...........................6Q11.How can it be prevented?.........................................................................................................6Q12 Biological, psychological and social factors that are contributing to this lady’s currentpresentation......................................................................................................................................6CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTIONAlcohol addiction or alcoholism can be defined as over consumption of alcohol beveragesby people worldwide. Addiction of alcohol later results in developing dependence and affectsphysiological and behavioural aspects of an individual (Johnson, 2014). It is caused due to multiplefactors such as stress, depression environmental changes and other physiological conditions.Q1 Information to be achieved during first appointment:It is very necessary to gather basic information about the alcohol addicted lady related to herdrinking habits in order to help her get rid of alcohol intake frequently. Answers to the below givenquestions will help in deciding the type of treatment she needs to overcome her alcoholism(Patterson and Jeste, 2014).Is she a working lady, a house-wife or a divorcee?Does she live alone or she is supported by a care taker in her house?What was the age when she initially started taking alcohol?What types of alcohol beverages she consumes often? Is it beer, wine or whisky?How often she drinks in a day and in a week?What is the quantity of alcohol that lady consumes each time during drinking session?Has she ever tried to quit her drinking habits?How her body does reacts when she stops consuming alcohol for some time?Has she ever been a patient of depression earlier in her life? (Maisto, Galizio and Connors,2014).Q2 Factors to be considered when assessing if this lady is ready to address her alcohol use.This alcohol addicted lady revealed the reason behind her heavy drinking tendency. It isbecause she lives all alone in her house as her children are grown up now and have recently movedout from her house to a new place (Brower, Aldrich and Greden, 2014). Different screeningevaluations and assessments needs to be carries out in order to convince the lady to address heralcohol use.Trauma assessments: It is essential to carry out an evaluation on different trauma levels thatshe is going through. It can help in determining exact reasons for her stress and depression.Blood Alcohol Concentration Determination: Assessing alcohol level in blood is necessaryso that it do not exceeds the threshold limit which can be fatal to her life (McBride, Roddand Li, 2014).Q3 How to decide to admit the patient for an inpatient 'detox' or outpatient 'detox'?After studying the above case of severe alcohol addiction it would not be preferable and
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