Clinico-Psychological Study of Destructive Behavior of Drug Addicts in Different Stages of Drug Addiction

A clinico-psychological study of drug addicts revealed that destructive and deficient forms of response leading to general disharmony of the personality were characteristic of the interaction of drug addicts with their surroundings; prolonged, regular, drug addiction leads to an increase in aggression, causing activation of psychological defense mechanisms, in particular, suppression or repression of aggressive tendencies and greater self-control, which often contributes to habitual use of drugs.