ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS OF ALCOHOLISM

1.BIOLOGICAL FACTORS

GENETICS

BIOCHEMICAL

2.PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS

DEVELOPMENTAL INFLUENCES

PERSONALITY FACTORS

3.SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS

SOCIAL LEARNING

CONDITIONING

4.CULTURAL AND ETHNIC INFLUENCES

5.ICD10 CRITERIA

CLINICAL FEATURES OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE SYNDROME

MALAISE

DYSPEPSIA

MOOD SWINGS

POOR PERSONAL HYGIENE

VITAMINS DEFICIENCY

DROWSINESS

SLURRED SPEECH

DENIAL OF PROBLEM

PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER DUE TO ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

ACUTE INTOXICATION

WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME

ALCOHOL-INDUCED AMNESTIC DISORDERS

WERNICKE’S SYNDROME

KORSAKOFF’S SYNDROME

MOOD DISORDER

DEMENTIA

SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR

SEIZURE