@article{Lysenko_2021, title={Dynamics of a Pathopsychological set of symptoms of a personality when overusing opioids}, volume={2}, url={https://mpp-journal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/10}, abstractNote={<p>In the article, based on the research of patients’ personalities with indications of addiction to opioids, structure and dynamics of a pathopsychological set of symptoms, considering the severity of sickness, were detected.</p> <p>Systemic disorders in different mental areas were stated. In the way of thinking: forming the system of denial that is directed to displace in the conscience different types of damage related to overuse; «thinking by desire», decreasing the critical problem assessment that is related to overuse, with formally keeping the operational thinking component. In the motivational area: forming motivational dominant, in the center of which there are motives of overuse with displacement of earlier significant motives, deformation of personality’s orientation and motivation of the behavior, lack of motivation to change their life. In the emotional and self-regulation area: «balance of emotions», «compulsory emotional regulation»; self-regulation disorders, absence of planning steps in a complex willed action, impulsiveness of the behavior, defect in the area of moral feelings. In the area of self-esteem and «I concept»: self-esteem and self-identification disorders. The following was typical: absence of planning the future, breaking social connections, narrowing the circle of friends, disorder of interpersonal relationship.</p> <p>Depth and a variety of pathopsychological set of symptoms of drug addiction cause a necessity of intensive, long-lasting psychocorrection, that have to consider the specifics of personal defect on each step of the treatment.</p&gt;}, journal={Kyiv journal of modern psychology and psychotherapy}, author={Lysenko, Iryna}, year={2021}, month={Sep.}, pages={30-52} }