RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLINICAL AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATHOLOGICAL CRAVING AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR IN PATIENTS WITH OPIATE ADDICTION
The article discusses the findings of research on the relationship between clinical and dynamic characteristics of pathological craving and self-destructive behavior in patients with opiate addiction. A significant correlation between the severity and forms of self-destructive behavior and pathological craving for drugs was revealed. The relationship between the degree of severity of self-destructive behavior and clinical peculiarities of opiate addiction serves as the basis for the establishment of complex treatment and rehabilitation programs at the biological and social and psychological levels, which will allow for the improved effectiveness of treatment, the prevention of relapses and an improved social adaptation of the patients.