Social consequence on the families where a member is drug addicted.

Abstract {--} Social consequence on the families where a member is drug addicted This current issue is considered to pose a social phenomenon of significant consequence. Together with further social problems of the day, drug addiction and its impacts rank worldwide among the most burning issues, particularly in terms of their reflection in the media. Recently, the issue of drug legalisation has often been discussed widely in the media leaving the impact of drug addiction on the families stricken with this problem out of consideration. At first, the drug addiction affects solely the addicted family member, but in the course of time, drug addiction is bound to become a burning issue for the whole family. It depends on each individual family member and their level of the development of protective mechanisms which directly correlate with their chance to master this stressor, the occurrence of drug addiction within the family. The objective of my bachelor paper has been to evaluate the social impact of drug addiction on other family members. In relationship with this objective a hypothesis has been formulated - The social impact of drug addiction on a family the members of which are drug addicted is socially significant and traumatising for the other family members. A quantitative research has been carried out in family members, whose close relatives have been treated for drug addiction. The psychiatric clinic Červený Dvůr and its highly qualified and trained medical staff provided the necessary terms and conditions for this field research. Only 44 percent of the respondents were ready and willing to participate in the research, which shows that this topic still presents a highly sensitive issue, even a taboo, for families with a drug addicted member, as these families strive to protect their private sphere and do not tend to make their drug addiction family problem public. The questionnaire was focussed on the detection of the social impact related to drug addiction within the family. Thus, the responses presented a basis for determining the rate and significance of the social impact of drug addiction on the individual respondents. The results of the research section of this bachelor paper actually showed both the social significance of the drug issue and its high traumatic rate for stricken families. The objective of the presented bachelor paper has thus been fulfilled and the results have proved the correctness of the hypothesis