The main trends of morbidity and prevalence of diseases associated with the consumption of psychoactive substances in Ukraine

  • N.M. Chemerys The Danylo Halytsky National Medical University in Lviv
  • O.V. Lyubinets The Danylo Halytsky National Medical University in Lviv
Keywords: mental and behavioral disorders, psychoactive substances, morbidity, prevalence, Ukraine

Abstract

Aim. The aim is to study the state of morbidity and prevalence of mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances in Ukraine in 2010-2017.

Material and Methods. To analyze and assess the prevalence and morbidity of the population related to the use of psychoactive substances in Ukraine and its regions, the materials of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the Center of Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine were used. The regional principle was applied using the geographical location, and historical and cultural features of the territories. Five groups of regions were created. The following methods of scientific research: bibliosemantic, medical, statistical, and systematic approach and analysis were used. 

Results and Discussion. The prevalence of mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances in the regional aspect in 2017 per 100,000 of the respective population was the highest in the North-Eastern and southern regions, 1545.54 and 1538.05 per 100 thousand population, respectively. At the same time, the incidence of this disorder was the highest in the Central region (113.31). The main active ingredient that causes mental and behavioral disorders is alcohol. In 2017, the highest prevalence of this pathology caused by alcohol consumption was observed in the North-Eastern region - 1381.23 per 100,000 of the corresponding population. A slight increase in prevalence from 2010 to 2017 was registered in the southern region, where the main role was played by its increase by 24.07% in the Mykolaiv region. The prevalence of mental and behavioural disorders due to drug use was prevalent in the South-Eastern and southern regions. The dynamics of changes in this indicator over 2010-2017 as well as the level of morbidity at the same time indicate the need to pay attention to the system of measures to counteract the use of narcotic substances in the Transcarpathian, Lviv, Zhytomyr and Mykolaiv regions.

Conclusions. The results obtained allow us to recommend a regional approach to the analysis of prevalence and morbidity of the population regarding the use of psychoactive substances, which will enable the coordination of the interaction of individual branches of government and intersectoral cooperation of the regions to achieve positive results.

 

References

Anderson, Kelly. Young people and alcohol, drugs and tobacco. WHO, European Regional Office. - Copenhagen: WHO, 1998; 95.

Croff Julie M., Leavens Eleanor, Olson Kathleen: Predictors of breath alcohol concentrations in college parties. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2017. 9 p. https://substanceabusepolicy. biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13011-017-0095-4. Date 08.2018.

Fuentes Maria C., Alarcon Antonio, Garcia Fernando, Gracia Enrique: Consumo de alcohol, tabaco, cannabis y otras drogas en la adolescencia: efectos de la familia y peligro del barrio. Anal. Psicol. 2015, 31, 1000-1007.

Gore F.M, Bloem P.J, Patton G. C, Ferguson J, Joseph V, Coffey C, Sawyer S.M, Mathers C.D: Global burden of disease in young people aged 10-24 years: a systematic analysis. The Lancet. 2011, 377, 2093-2102.

Gruzyeva T.S, Kulchytska T.K: Current trends of mental health of the population and measures for its improvement. Mental Health 2004;2(3): 4-9.

Gutsalyuk Yu.O: Problems of drug addiction among adolescents. In.: Contemporary Ukrainian Students: Problems and Values Orientation. Khmelnitsky; 2012. pp.207-210.

Kotarba Joseph A: Drugs, Clubs and Young People. Sociological and Public Health Perspectives. 2008, 46-48.

Litvinova N: Diagnosis of the Propensity of Adolescents in the Risk for Drug Use. Scientific Bulletin of Uzhgorod National University. Series: Pedagogy. Social work 2012; 25: 115-119.

Lyubinets O: Alkohol jako przyczyna zgon?w ludno?ci na Ukrainie. II Miedzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa "Nierownosci w zdrowiu w miastach i na terenach wiejskich". Lodz; 2009: 52-54.

Medvedovs'ka N.V: Current state of health of the population of able-bodied age in Ukraine. Ukraine. Nation's Health 2010; 2: 24-33.

Mounteney J., Griffiths P., Sedefov R., Noor Andre, Vicente J., Simon R: The drug situation in Europe: an overview of data available on illicit drugs and new psychoactive substances from European monitoring in 2015. Addiction 2016; 111( 1): 34-48.

Panasenko, O.I., Samura, T.O., Panasenko, T.V. et al. Youth and drugs: life or death. Modern scientific journal 2017; 3(9): 048-051.

Report on the problem of alcohol in the WHO European Region. A reference document to the basics of alcohol policy in the WHO European Region. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2005. www.euro. who.int/Document/RC55/rbd01.pdf. Date 08. 2018.

Sanders B. (ed.). Drugs, clubs and young people: Sociological and public health perspectives. Routledge 2016, 199 p.

Shafransky V.V., Dudnik S: Psychological health of Ukrainian population: state, problems and solutions. Ukraine. Nation's Health 2016; 3: 12-18.

Slabky G.O, Orda O.M, Chepelevskaya L.A, Lybinets O.V: Current and Forecast Mortality Patterns of the Population of Ukraine [Monograph]. Kiev; 2010. 180 p.

Stanciak J., Novotny J: Drogy, Relaps, Resocializacia. Trnava: Tlacove studio Vary; 2016. 160 s.

Voloshin P.V., Maruta N.O: The Strategy of Protection of Mental Health of the Population of Ukraine: Current Possibilities and Obstacles. Ukrainian Bulletin of Psychoneurology 2015; 23(1): 5-11.

Youth and Youth Policy in Ukraine: Socio-demographic Aspects / Ed. E.M.Libanova. - K:Institute of Demography and Social Studies, Im. M.V.Ptaki NAS of Ukraine; 2010. 129 p.

Znamenskaya M.A., Slabky G.O: Analysis of the morbidity and prevalence of diseases among the population of Ukraine. Neonatology, surgery and perinatal medicine 2015; 5(3): 24-29.

Published
2018-09-19
How to Cite
Chemerys, N., & Lyubinets, O. (2018). The main trends of morbidity and prevalence of diseases associated with the consumption of psychoactive substances in Ukraine. Acta Medica Leopoliensia, 24(3), 58-64. https://doi.org/10.25040/aml2018.03.058