A blackout is described as
a. a comatose period related to alcohol withdrawal.
b. a comatose episode associated with alcohol intoxication and poisoning.
c. a time period in which a person who has used alcohol is unresponsive to the environment.
d. an episode in which a person under the influence of alcohol functions normally but later is unable to remember.
D
A blackout is defined as a period of time in which a drinker functions socially but for which there is no memory. The distracters omit aspects of a blackout.
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