PMID: 29783244May 22, 2018Paper

Some features of the behavior of alcohol dependent persons

Wiadomości lekarskie : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
Ihor М Karpinets, Oksana V Marusyn

Abstract

Introduction: Alcoholism is characterized by psychological dependence and changes in human behavior, which affects the person's relationship with the social environment. The aim: to determine the behavior of alcohol dependent persons basing on the retrospective study. Materials and methods: On the basis of narcological offices of healthcare establishments and narcological clinic in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, 552 people being in follow-up by a narcologist as addicted or abused have been examined for a specially developed extended program based on a standardized AUDIT screening test. The control group included 150 randomly selected individuals from patients who were referred to outpatient clinics for examination or because of a somatic disease. Results: Socio-cultural traditions and behavioural stereotypes (early experience of alcohol use, usually in with friends, easily-accessible and cheap vodka, and also beer in last years, are traditional attributes of banquets, leisure time and stress reduction) presuppose alcohol dependence development. Along with the typical patterns of alcohol abuse, this should be taken into account in the process of standardized screening tests adaptation. The use of screening programs at the primary level...Continue Reading

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