Psychological Support for People with Drug-Related Disorders at the Stage of Rehabilitation

Abstract

The article presents the performance indicators of the drug treatment service in the Russian Federation. The incidence of cannabinoid and designer drugs is growing, and so is the so-called poly-drug addiction. Thus, the value-semantic sphere of the personality of patients with poly-drug addiction requires more extensive research. The present study proved that such patients have very low awareness of personal experiences, current life situation, and goals. The poly-drug patients demonstrated a diffuse hierarchy of value orientations and a low level of comprehension of the past, present, and future values. Their valuesemantic sphere was of a malignant nature and collapsed much faster than in patients with alcoholism. The paper focuses on the psychological support of patients with drug-related disorders at the stage of rehabilitation. As part of tertiary prevention, the program of psychological support can be based on methodological principles of the value-semantic sphere of personal development. This approach makes it possible to focus the rehabilitation process on rethinking the values of personal experience, real-life situation, and future goals. The article also introduces various levels of psychological assistance, based on the rehabilitation program realized at the Kuzbass Clinical Narcological Dispensary.

Keywords

• poly-drug addiction
• personal meanings
• time perspective
• value-semantic sphere of personality
• psychocorrection
• rehabilitation of drug addicts