Health and Social Aspects of the Abuse of Psychoactive Substances by Pregnant Women and Mothers with Children in Therapeutic Community Karlov

This thesis deals with a specific group of pregnant women and mothers abusing addictive substances. It focuses in detail on the effects of drugs on a mother and her fetus during pregnancy. The social aspects of this issue are targeted as well. Another area of my interest are the specifics of treating those women as described in the theoretic section of my thesis together with the basic terms and aspects of the drug abuse topic. The practical section is focused on a qualitative research that aims to map the health and social aspects of abuse of psychoactive substances by a specific group of pregnant women and mothers with children in Therapeutic Community Karlov. The data was collected using the qualitative method, the technique of semi-structured interviews that were audio-recorded and then processed. I expect my thesis to be quite useful as there are only few studies targeting this specific topic. I suppose it could serve as basis for further education of professionals in the field of antidrug services, employees of contact centers, social workers and therapists etc