On some actual problems of addiction prevention
The necessity of addiction behavior prophylaxis among children and adolescents and the leading part of educational institutions in this process has been grounded. The questionnaire results of drug-addicted persons in remission in Belarus and Russia about PAS: information sources they had before starting PAS consumption and eff ects of this drugs are provided. The low profi le of educational institutions in this process has been demonstrated. The article «Prevention of drug use in educational institutions: what works?» published in the journal “Psychiatry. Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology» № 2,2012 has been thoroughly analyzed. Thesis of suffi cient theoretical development of prevention problem has been confirmed. At the same time the lack of well trained specialists, capable to realize the problem has been stated. Such practitioners possible training methods have been presented.