Rehabilitation Process in Addictology: The Opinion of Social Service Professionals

摘要

The article summarizes the results of a sociological survey conducted among social workers, who along with doctorsand psychologists are the main agents in the rehabilitation of drug addicts. The author states that the role of theseagents is weakly interiorized by representatives of noted profession. Social workers intend to transfer care about drugaddicts to addiction psychiatrist. At the same time the image of addiction psychiatrist in the eyes of social workers is veryhigh that allows us to foresee good prospects for their cooperation in case of extending the field of social workers’ activityin addictology. Their relations with addiction psychiatrist may be developed in accordance with the collegiate modelof relations in medicine. At the present time, strengthening of social work in the sphere of addictology is prevented bythe lack of clear targets on professional development in this area among representatives of the profession.