LCAS PROFESSIONAL STUDY SHEET QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS

LCAS PROFESSIONAL STUDY SHEET
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS

●● Alcohol is a CNS___
Answer: depressant


●● T OR F: Biological offspring of alcoholics have a greater chance of
becoming alcoholics than offspring of non-alcoholic parents
Answer: TRUE


●● The psychodynamic approach to the etiology of substance abuse
focuses on the ___ ___ and fixation at the ____ _____ of psychosexual
development.
Answer: punitive superego and oral stage


●● Jellineks four phases of alcoholism
Answer: 1) The prealcoholic phase
2) The early alcoholic phase
3) The crucial phase
4) The chronic phase


●● The prealcoholic phase

, Answer: Use of alcohol to relieve everyday stress and tensions of life
Tolerance develops and the amount required to achieve the desired effect
increases steadily


●● The Early Alcoholic phase
Answer: Begins with blackouts
Brief periods of amnesia
Alcohol is no longer a pleasure, it is REQUIRED


●● The Crucial phase
Answer: Individual has lost control
Addiction is clear
Binge drinking lasts for hours to weeks followed with sickness
Individual is obviously ill
Anger and aggression is common
Not uncommon for individual to have lost a marriage job etc


●● The Chronic phase
Answer: Emotional and physical disintegration
Intoxicated more than sober
Helplessness and self pity
Depression and ideas of suicide are not uncommon