The present magisterial work explores issues of substance abuse while focusing on psychosocial factors influencing the onset of drug dependency. Definitions of what is a drug, what is drug dependency, history of drugs, and a list of most frequently abused types of drugs are discussed in the theoretical part of the present work. In addition, this part includes a discussion of possible prevention ways. The practical part describes qualitative research observations of 13 selected adult participants that are drug dependent. Theoretical approaches are applied to the given authentic narratives and the stories are finely analyzed. The aim of the work is to examine some assertions concerned with the causes and development of {\clqq}drug dependency`` phenomenon. Our findings indicate that in case {\clqq}drug dependency`` is an illness, it is an atypical illness: the individuals` paths from a healthy state to the state of illness are unique for each individual, though similar in its symptoms, nevertheless differing in their causes. Drug dependency does not seem to be a civilization disease and is not influenced by cultural or social factors. Thus it has not been determined whether drug abuse is truly an illness. However, the final stage of the {\clqq}drug path`` {--} i.e., drug dependency- is seen as illness, its onset is individual and partially genetically determined, with no parenting influence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:46617 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | JANEČKOVÁ, Zdeňka |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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