SOCIAL, ETHICAL AND CLINICAL PROBLEMS OF MODERN ADDICTION (Materials focus group)

The editorial Board of the journal "Bioethics" in conjunction with the editorial Board of the journal "Sociology of the city" held a focus group to ascertain the opinions of public and professionals about the actual problems of struggle against drug addiction and alcoholism in the urban environment. The experts were representatives of various professional groups; half of them were medical workers. There were noted: a decrease in the level of use of hard drugs, the growth of beer alcoholism, increased focus on healthy lifestyles in young people. The recommendations were proposed for the coordination of the physicians psychiatrists-narcologists, other physicians, clinical psychologists, social workers, representatives of public organizations and family members of addicts and alcoholics. There is a high moral significance in contact between a patient and psychiatris-narcologist, which is difficult to achieve in public clinics. Experts reacted critically to the existing standards of medical care in narcology. The experience of private clinics is recognized as a successful, except for two aspects: the high cost of treatment and the penetration to the private medicine of unskilled workers, and scams (often).

drug addiction, alcoholism, psychiatrist-narcologist, family, urban environment, prevention, rehabilitation