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2. High-functioning alcoholic - Wikipedia

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   High-functioning alcoholic. A high-functioning alcoholic (HFA) is a person who maintains jobs and relationships while exhibiting alcoholism. [1][2][3][4] Many HFAs are not viewed as alcoholics by society because they do not fit the common alcoholic stereotype. Unlike the stereotypical alcoholic, HFAs have either succeeded or over-achieved ...

3. Alcohol-related brain damage - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol-related brain damage[1][2] alters both the structure and function of the brain as a result of the direct neurotoxic effects of alcohol intoxication or acute alcohol withdrawal. Increased alcohol intake is associated with damage to brain regions including the frontal lobe, [3] limbic system, and cerebellum, [4] with widespread cerebral ...

4. Short-term effects of alcohol consumption - Wikipedia

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   Additional symptoms may occur. The short-term effects of alcohol consumption range from a decrease in anxiety and motor skills and euphoria at lower doses to intoxication (drunkenness), to stupor, unconsciousness, anterograde amnesia (memory "blackouts"), and central nervous system depression at higher doses. Cell membranes are highly permeable ...

5. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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   The term "alcoholism" was split into "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" in 1980's DSM-III, and in 1987's DSM-III-R behavioral symptoms were moved from "abuse" to "dependence". [115] Some scholars suggested that DSM-5 merges alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single new entry, [ 116 ] named "alcohol-use disorder".

6. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a disease in which the long-term consumption of alcohol leads to heart failure. [1] ACM is a type of dilated cardiomyopathy. The heart is unable to pump blood efficiently, leading to heart failure. It can affect other parts of the body if the heart failure is severe. It is most common in males between the ages ...

7. Alcohol dependence - Wikipedia

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   The effects of alcohol has on the body. Alcohol dependence is a previous (DSM-IV and ICD-10) psychiatric diagnosis in which an individual is physically or psychologically dependent upon alcohol (also chemically known as ethanol). In 2013, it was reclassified as alcohol use disorder in DSM-5, [1] which combined alcohol dependence and alcohol ...