Alcoholism, ethanol drug addiction (1981)

Mother and son at a narcologist's appointment.

Different patients at the reception.

The doctor writes a medical history.

The doctor examines the patient.

The patient drinks water, his hands are shaking.

Interview of the patient upon admission to the hospital.

Patients in the hospital play board games.

Medical rounds.

The doctor discusses with the patient the stage of his disease.

At the time of discussion, the patient has been drinking for 8 years and his drunkenness is of a binge nature.

The patient tells about the presence and manifestations of hangover syndrome.

Change in the mental state of the patient.

Neurological complications in the form of neuritis and polyneuritis join the complex of somatovegetative disorders.

A patient who has mental degradation and dementia.

The patient cannot fasten a button, pick up small objects.

Treatment room in the hospital.

Patients are injected with a drug that causes a gag reflex to the taste and smell of alcohol.

This effect is achieved by the joint intake of emetics and a small amount of alcohol.

Some time after subcutaneous administration of apomorphine, the patient is offered to drink 30 grams of alcohol.

The task of any treatment of alcoholism is to create in the patient psychological and physical prerequisites for prolonged or complete abstinence from alcohol.

Such treatment is carried out daily.

15-20 sessions are enough to develop a negative reflex.

The conditioned reflex is gradually fading, it needs to be reinforced.

Hypnosis session.

During hypnotherapy, the patient is inspired with an aversion to alcohol.

The combination of reflex methods with hypnosis is recommended in the early stages of the disease.

Sensitizing treatment creates an intolerance to alcohol in the patient.

This condition is achieved by taking medications.

To check the patient's reaction to the medicine, he is given a small dose of alcohol.

After 15-20 minutes, the patient begins tachycardia, hyperemia of the face and sclera, there is a feeling of lack of air and a feeling of fear, blood pressure drops.

The doctor monitors the patient's condition.

These manifestations are stopped by the introduction of cardiovascular drugs.

The patient is given oxygen.

The stages of diseases in women are detected with greater difficulty than in men.

In women with withdrawal syndrome, the mental component is more pronounced than the somatic one.

Sick women are admitted to the hospital in a severe stage of intoxication.

Medications that are administered to women upon admission in this condition.

Pathological addiction to alcohol in adolescents develops faster than in adults.

Children born to alcoholic parents often suffer from malformations.

Occupational therapy is used in the treatment of alcoholism.

Patients from the hospital are taken to production.

The production line at the enterprise.

In cases of antisocial behavior, patients are sent to medical and labor dispensaries under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.

Alcoholism patients clean the snow in the courtyards of the city.

Patients in the process of recovery play chess, study.

The course of treatment is completed, the patient returns to his family.