FEATURES OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN CONVICTED MEN WHO ARE ADDICTED TO PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the manifestation of depression and anxiety in convicted men who are addicted to psychoactive substances. The study involved 82 convicted men who have been serving their sentences in the FKU IK-5 UFSIN of Russia in the Kamchatka Territory for more than a year. To evaluate the results of the study, the Beck Depression Scale, the Spielberger-Hanin Anxiety Scale (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - STAI), the Zang Scale for self-assessment of depression were used. The results were processed using the SPSS statistics program, version 23. For a comparative analysis of the data obtained, the Mann-Whitney U-criteria. The results of the study allow us to draw conclusions: 1). Convicted men who are registered at a drug dispensary with a diagnosis of «Alcohol dependence syndrome» are characterized by the presence of more pronounced relevant and most frequently presented complaints about well-being and psychoemotional state, with the absence of depressive states and conditions characterized as depression; 2). Convicted men who are registered at a narcological dispensary with a diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders as a result of the use of narcotic substances are able to respond to situations without manifestations of personal anxiety, in certain situations to show situational anxiety. The presence of depression is not characteristic; 3). Convicted men who are not registered at a drug dispensary on the fact of alcohol or drug addiction are characterized by the absence of depression, the ability to respond adequately, to experience most situations. The results of the conducted research can be used by penitentiary psychologists in practical activities.