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Life and work of doc. Jaroslav Skála: psychotherapeutic and healing methods and their extent to contemporary addictology
Pilcová, Karolína ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Radimecký, Josef (referee)
Background: Jaroslav Skála was a Czech physician, psychiatrist, and, as he later stated, an alcohologist. He specialized not only in the field of alcoholism treatment but also in curing addictions to other substances. He graduated The Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and later devoted his life to helping and healing alcohol addicts and the ones addicted to other substances. He is a co-founder of KLUS and in 1948 he founded Apolinar anti-alcoholic division in Prague. Later, in 1951, he founded detoxification (sobering-up) centre. Throughout his whole life, he focused on psychotherapy and education in the field of medicine and psychotherapy. Aim: Aim of this thesis is to abundantly study and describe life and professional career of doc. Skála. Focusing especially on the beginnings of Apolinar centre and Apolinar treatment model. Furthermore, the aim is to focus on therapeutical treatment methods - their beginnings and development with implications towards present. The thesis focuses on innovations he brought into the study of addictology, innovations regarding attitude towards patients and addictions treatment holistically. In the last part, this thesis focuses on legacy he left and how doc. Skála contributed towards the development of addictology in addition to information about which...
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Mobile Application for Recording of Compulsive Behavior
Foltýn, Martin ; Janoušek, Vladimír (referee) ; Hrubý, Martin (advisor)
The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to design, implement and test mobile application for iOS platform. It will be used to monitor drug and psychical addiction. The app can help the user to see his progress over time, patterns and triggers of its addictive behavior and guide him to the right direction towards abstinence. It is here to understand the user's problems, motivate and give a helping hand. Important aspects in the development were the study of programming of mobile applications, existing solutions, research of the target group of users, theory of addictology and therapy, design and implementation with understandable user interface, testing of results on real users.
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Employability of graduates of the follow-up master's programme in addictology with an original bachelor's degree in another field
Černá, Kateřina ; Lososová, Amalie (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lenka (referee)
Background: The follow-up Master's programme in Addictology was first opened in the academic year 2010/2011. Applicants from the graduates of the bachelor's programme in addictology as well as graduates of other bachelor's programmes are eligible to apply. Miovsky et al. (2021) give examples of applicants from related fields such as psychology, social work or general nursing. Candidates studying the programme do not gain eligibility to practise as an addictologist; it is an interest-based study. The employability of graduates of the master's degree in addictology alone has not yet been mapped separately. Pavlovska (2018) examined in detail the employability of all graduates of addictology from 2008 to 2016. The study expands on this work by specifically focusing on the employability of master's-only graduates with an original bachelor's degree in another discipline and adds data through January 2023. Aims: The aim of the research is to map the employability of graduates of a follow-up Master's programme in Addictology with an original Bachelor's degree in another discipline. Methods: 73 respondents formed the core sample. The respondents were approached by total sampling method, the sample was selected by self-selection. The research sample consisted of 49 respondents, the return rate was 67%. Data...
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Arnoštka Maťová, life and professional contribution not only to Apolinar
Bauerová, Hana ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kulhánek, Adam (referee)
Background: The Czech addiction treatment system is closely connected with the creation and development of the Apolinar model and with the name of Jaroslav Skála. Without a doubt, other people from the team around Jaroslav Skála had a great influence on the form of treatment and the entire treatment model, especially Skála's long-time work and life partner Arnoštka Maťová. Targets: Create a basic overview of Arnoštka Maťová's professional life and her contribution to the treatment of alcohol addiction. Methodology: A content analysis of written materials from publicly available sources and some publicly available audio-visual recordings was carried out. Results: Arnoštka Maťová was one of the founders of the systematic treatment of alcohol addiction in the Czech Republic. She worked at Apolinar since 1950, i.e. almost from the very beginning, and undoubtedly participated in the creation and development of the Apolinar model of addiction. The main professional topics on which she particularly focused were: partner therapy in the treatment of alcoholism, the involvement of partners in dinpatinet program and in the after-care phase, the after-care system, the development of the self-help movement, records and statistical processing of data on the treatment of alcoholism and its success, linking...
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Motivation of graduates of the bachelor's study programme Addictology to work in addiction treatment services
Gajdošová, Klára ; Lososová, Amalie (advisor) ; Volfová, Anna (referee)
Background: A study programme Addictology was first opened in the academic year of 2005/2006. The profession of addictologist was enshrined in legislation by the Act No. 96/2004, of paramedical professions, in 2007. Thus, graduates in bachelor's degree in addictology became healthcare professionals gaining qualification to exercise this profession (Miovský et al., 2021). Job motivation represents a psychological process bringing energy and giving direction to work of a person. Motivation to choose and remain in helping professions is the topic of many specialised publications in Czech and foreign literature but minimum number of those focusing on motivation for work in addiction treatment services. Addictology as a field of study is specific not only by its historical context and development, but also by its scope and specialization. This might be also influential in specificity of motivation of workers to enter and stay working in the services. Aim: The aim of the thesis is to identify factors that influence motivation for work in addiction treatment services by graduates in a study programme Addictology (bachelor's degree). Methods: The basic set comprised of 409 absolvents. Selection of respondents was carried out by the method of total selection. Then the filling in of the form was done by the...
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Needs analysis of workers of Probation and Mediation Service in Prague on further education in the addictology field
Vespalcová, Tamara ; Lososová, Amalie (advisor) ; Fidesová, Hana (referee)
Background: The Probation and Mediation Service (PMS) deals with offenders of criminal activity, some of whom also have addictive behavior. The addiction of the offender is considered as a significant risk factor for criminal recidivism. According to the PMS annual report, there has been an increase in the proportion of the drug crime by 2-3 percentage points per year since 2017, to 26 % in 2021. Working with addicted offenders requires specific knowledge and skills. Objectives: The thesis has the objective to identify and analyze the current needs of further education of probation officers of the Prague centre in the field of addictology. The partial objective is to find out how - according to respondents - the proportion of offenders of criminal activity with addiction problems is and its comparison with official statistics. Methods: The data was collected in the form of a questionnaire survey. The research sample included 32 probation officers from the Prague centre (out of 41 in total). The staff was selected by total sampling method, the return rate was 78 %. The data was analyzed using descriptive analysis method. The research was conducted in accordance with ethical principles. Results: All staff considered addictology knowledge and skills to be important for their work. They rated their...
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Modern Addictions
NÝDLOVÁ, Leona
This thesis addresses the issue of mobile phone use and abuse in the context of healthy living. The theoretical part works with the concept of smartphone addiction, nomophobia. It describes the risks of mobile phone overuse and the effects on health and healthy functioning that overuse can cause. It characterises the most common non- substance addictions that the mobile phone as a tool helps to develop. Addresses the ethics of the online space. Discusses prevention options from the non-profit sector and from governmental institutions. The practical part is devoted to the problem of mobile phone abuse in the adult population in České Budějovice. It divides respondents according to their socio-demographic characteristics and looks for factors that may be related to addiction in this region.
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The possibilities of social reintegration of drug addicts
MÍKOVÁ, Veronika
The bachelor thesis deals with the social rehabilitation of drug addicts, so it maps the addictology services available in the Czech Republic for addictive substance addicts. The theoretical part of the thesis is focused on the definition of addiction, its impacts on society and possible ways of solving this global problem. There is also mapped the area of addictological services in detention prisons and prisons of the Czech Republic. The survey was carried out through e-mail correspondence with individual prisons and one visit to the directly specialized departments of Jirice Prison. Practical part of the thesis verifies the information in the form of interviews in four cases, ie qualitative research. Respondents providing information for this work have undergone at least one of these treatments, and not only by abstinence and by changing their attitudes to life, they show that treating addicts makes sense.
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Knowledge of addictology in students of general medicine of 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University
Jenčíková, Anna ; Volfová, Anna (advisor) ; Svěcená, Kateřina (referee)
Background: The study of general medicine aims to equip a future medical practitioner with the knowledge and experience they will need in their future practice. The physician should master the methods of Orientational diagnostics and Brief intervention in the field of substance abuse and addiction. A marginal part of the time is donated to this topic as part of undergraduate studies. Aim: The purpose of this study is to find out the level of certainty of the students of the 1st Faculty of Medicine in their knowledge regarding Orientational diagnostics, Brief intervention and to find out the student's attitude toward addictology. The partial goal is to find out what the students need to gain confidence in providing care to addiction patients. Methods: The research was conducted using an anonymous survey. The survey was shared on the social network Facebook in six individual private groups of medical students. The resulting data were statistically processed using Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Word. Results: 50,6 % of the students think that they can understand the term Orientational diagnostics. 17,8 % think that they cannot understand this term. 44 % of the students think that they can understand the term Brief intervention and 29,7 % think that they cannot understand it. 39,8 % of all...
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Screening for impairment and design of a rehabilitation program for executive function in substance abusers from the perspective of an addictionologist
Votavová, Aneta ; Šťastná, Lenka (advisor) ; Miovský, Michal (referee)
Background: The entire research is based on the hypothesis that due to regular and long-term abuse of addictive psychotropic substances, the risk of damage to executive and cognitive functions in a given user increases. If a deficit develops, very often there is a decrease in the quality of life of the individual. The addictologist should be able to notice a deficit in his patients and, if confirmed, also intervene in the right way. Aim: The aim of the research is to create a proposal for two cognitive rehabilitation programs that could be implemented in clinical work with addictological patients. If an executive or cognitive deficit is detected in a patient, the selected programs should be able to provide high- quality and effective rehabilitation. In this way, each of the programs could bring a higher quality of life in selected patients. Another aim of the diploma thesis is to test the selected research set for damage to executive functions. The research set is divided into four groups. Each group is characterized by an abuse of a selected addictive substance or group of addictive substances. Methods: Each participant in the research set was tested through a test battery. The test battery was composed of several parts. These included frontal Assessment Battery, Pathway Test (version A, version...
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