Theoretical Aspects Of Studying Psychological Features Of Drug Addiction

Abstract

The paper discusses the basic psychological directions of drug addiction’s study. The theoretical aspects of the study of mental functioning of the identities of persons suffering from drug addiction from the standpoint of self-concept. Among them observed inadequate self-esteem, low cognitive differentiation of self-image, deficits structures of the inner experience, the tendency to not justify the risk, reduced capacity for reflection, regulatory difficulties of emotional state. Low cognitive differentiation produce difficulty understanding of life experience, of reflection. Eventually, it is make impossible to rely on it in critical situations.The findings suggest that unformed, defitsitarnist structures of self, blurring its boundaries, indicating the involvement of consciousness structures in the pathological process of the formation of drug addiction.