Family in pathogenesis of drug dependence (comparative case study)

This bachelor thesis titled "Family in pathogenesis of drug addiction (comparative case study)" is aimed to the key family factors and circumstances in family, which might have had an impact on development of addiction behavior. The thesis consists of theoretical and practical parts (with three case stories), and of discussion. In the theoretic chapters, the topic of family in general as well as family in pathogenesis of addiction is presented by using knowledge in accessible literature. In the practical part, I am trying to point out the key family factors and circumstances in families of selected clients, which might have had an impact on development of addiction behavior. This is given in two steps: (1) analysis of each case story, (2) comparative analysis of all three case stories according to most important characteristics derived from the theoretical part. At the end, conclusions are presented and discussed. There has been shown that no characteristics is relevant for all three case stories, but there are many features common for case stories No.1 and No.2, and for No. 2 and No.3