Main approaches and development’s tendencies of rehabilitation of addicted to psychoactive substances persons
Background. Psychoactive substances abused – one of the most common forms of social epidemics – is a phenomenon that represents a global threat to mankind. Alcoholic pathology in the structure of other forms of addiction of psychoactive substances remains the dominant. Today, there are about 140 million people who suffer from alcohol abuse and need treatment and rehabilitation. Ukraine takes fourth place in the number of deaths caused by alcohol. Objective – to analyze the main approaches and development’s tendencies of rehabilitation of addicted to psychoactive substances persons. Materials and methods. Publications from open source databases were analyzed for the following keywords: rehabilitation, psychoactive substance, alcohol addiction, drug policy, addicted persons by analytical method. Results. The representation of rehabilitation approaches in modern narcology is extremely wide. In countries of Western Europe, the USA and Canada, and in recent years – Eastern Europe, many post-Soviet republics, Southern and Southeast Asia, China and many other countries, the problems of rehabilitation of patients, who are psychoactive substances abused, are considered from the standpoint of public health and economic feasibility interferences; efforts are being made to find and justify such rehabilitation measures that can significantly reduce the level of negative social consequences associated with the usage of psychoactive substances. Numerous studies have highlighted the necessity for adequate prior assessment of patients’ rehabilitation potential, further monitoring of the parameters of the rehabilitation process, which demonstrate the effectiveness of therapeutic and rehabilitation technologies. Conclusions. Content of appropriate substance use disorders rehabilitation programs depend on several factors, such as the drug policies implemented at the national level, the general concept of drug assistance, organized in accordance with the basic doctrinal approaches of national policy, observance or, conversely, ignorance of the principles of evidence medicine by the rehabilitation programs sponsors and organizers as well as financial and human resources.