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The Representation Of Drug Addicts In Selected Printed Media
Kaschteová, Gabriela ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Vochocová, Lenka (referee)
Bachalor thesis "The Representation Of Drug Addicts In Selected Printed Media" is research of the way Czech journals (dailies Mladá fronta DNES, Právo and Blesk) issued in the period between the 1st of January 2006 and the 31st of December 2006 depict drug addicts. The first part is theoretical and it focuses, on summarizing available sources in the area of media theory (representation, stereotypes etc.) and addictology (categorisation of psychoactive substances, patterns of addiction etc.). The second, researching part consists of a research done on selected daily journals. By means of quantitative content analysis, it examines the image of drug addicts as presented in the selected media during 2006. The gathered data is interpreted and described in detail and graphs are used to represent the results of the analysis. The thesis concludes with answers to the initially defined hypotheses and a summary of the results gained from the analysis.
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Which aspects motivate users of exchange programs to treat
Molnárová, Jana ; Čihánková, Ivana (advisor) ; Semerádová, Martina (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis entitled Which aspects of exchange programs lead their users to treat is to introduce the importance and role of contact center workers in the life path of an addicted (drug addicted) client. Further focus on aspects of their treatment process through harm reduction, which can lead to lifestyle changes and associated abstinence. This was done by the testimonies of two k-center workers in the South Bohemian region, who helped to map their activities and consequently the difficulties of dependent clients. The theoretical part describes the nature of dependence, the concept of motivation and related terms such as motivational interviews and case management. This section also includes types of facilities that provide services to drug addicts (hospitals, therapeutic communities, aftercare centers, substitution treatments). The practical part contains qualitative research, which was created from interviews with four workers of k-centers. Followed by a discussion of the results obtained and the conclusion of the thesis. Keywords: Dependency, addiction Motivation Harm reduction Motivational talks Exchange programme
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Application of family therapy at work with addicted clients - qualitative probe, experience of therapists
Lutseva, Gaziza ; Kalina, Kamil (advisor) ; Libra, Jiří (referee)
of the thesis Background: Involvement of close persons of drug users may have a significant impact on the success of all types of treatment programs. Thus, family therapy or work with families is an effective form of treatment for both adults and teens who have problems with alcohol and illegal drugs. Involvement of persons close to drug users into treatment process is associated with finding professional help at an early stage of drug use, with a higher degree of involvement of drug users in treatment process as higher retention, with significant reductions in drug use after treatment and also improving the social behavior of drug users. Therefore is offered the question: how family therapy is indicated at work with addicted clients, and when this method is contraindicated. The aim of this work is to find out how is indicated the family therapy or therapeutic work with the family at work with addicts, from the perspective of clinicians, and when, according to their experience, family therapy is not recommended or contraindicated. Methodology: Data were obtained through semi-structured interview, the respondents were employees of ambulatory institutions providing psychotherapy services to drug addictions and their families. For data analysis was used elements of grounded theory. Conclusion: The...
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Social services and their accessibility in Pardubicky region, case study of microregion Usti nad Orlici
Langrová, Žaneta ; Kouřilová, Jana (advisor) ; Prudká, Šárka (referee)
The aim of this master thesis is analysing the accessibility of social services in Pardubicky region and analysing the accessibility of social services in the area around the town of Usti nad Orlici. In the theoretical part of this thesis is the definition of social politics and principles and models of social politics. Next, this thesis describes models of social politics in the selected states of EU- in Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, France and Slovakia. Following of this section follows description of the social politics and system of social services (definition, quality standards and types of the social services) in the Czech Republic. The last section of the theoretical part compares legislations of the social services in the Czech Republic,France and Slovakia. The practical part of this thesis is focused on social services in Pardubicky region. The introduction of the practical part describes the planning of social services in Pardubicky region. The next section analyse the accessibility of social services for different groups in Pardubicky region. More detailed analyses of accessibility of social services in Pardubicky region is focused on area around the town of Usti nad Orlici
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Tolerance to Selected Groups of Population - March 2016
Tuček, Milan
In March 2016 Public Opinion Research Centre focused on social distance among the majority population and different social groups. Social distance was measured by a specific question: people should pick from a list of 15 different groups those, which they would not like to have as neighbours. The biggest distance was noticed towards drug addicts (88% of Czechs would not want them to be their neighbours), people with criminal past (74%), people addicted to alcohol (74%), and also people with mental disease (68%).
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Methamphetamine users and stress
FILIPOVÁ, Zuzana
The diploma thesis called "Stress among Methamphetamine Users" focuses on the phenomenon of stress in general, but especially on the strategies of coping with stressful situations. These so-called coping strategies are given great attention in contemporary research. The thesis inquires into the development of the Czech drug scene and particularly focuses on methamphetamine as a typical "Czech drug". It describes the period of methamphetamine early expansion in the Czech drug scene, the subsequent period of radical intervention of justice and police into the resulting socially unbearable situation, and the recent respective state of affairs. It also deals with the risks associated with the use of methamphetamine and the various forms of its application. In this respect it logically gives attention to the issue of drug addiction in general and the methamphetamine addiction in particular. An indispensable part of the thesis is a description of the phenomenon of stress according to selected distinguished experts in this area Paulík (2010), Baštecká (2009) a Joshi (2007). The initial discussion of specifically defined and operationalized stress is followed by a discussion of coping in general. First, the emergence of coping is discussed. The theoretical section provides definitions of various scientifically developed coping strategies and deals with the situation around the SVF 78 instrument as well as with the stress coping strategies and the phenomenon of stress itself. The section discusses different coping strategies and identifies their respective pitfalls as well as their influence on people from the holistic model viewpoint. The theoretical section is concluded with the topic of social work with drug addicts and its basic pillars. Describes the aims, research questions and hypotheses of the thesis. Two aims were selected for the thesis: "to find out which coping strategies are used by methamphetamine users" and "to find out how coping strategies change over a prolonged period of methamphetamine use". Three research questions and four associated hypotheses were formulated on the basis of these aims. The hypotheses are operationalized in this chapter. The methodological section discusses the SVF 78 instrument which was used to gather data from drug addicted respondents. The data were gathered in contact centres in South Bohemia via quantitative strategy of data gathering. Next, the research sample consisting of 50 respondents and the ethical aspects of the research are described. An indispensable part of the section is also a description of the statistical methods used for data evaluation. Next chapter, called "Results", describes the research sample with respect to respondents' sex, with the actual ratio being 54 percent of female respondents and 46 percent of male respondents. The respondents' age is described here as well together with an average age, median and standard deviations. Another thing mentioned is respondents' time period of methamphetamine use and their highest achieved education. The discussion section focuses on obtained results and their comparison with actual researches. Despite very interesting results it is necessary to assert that none of the hypotheses was statistically verified. However, analysis of similar studies leads us to a discovery of an analogous problem. The most interesting study in this regards appears to be Konopka et al. (2013) which found no significant differences in coping strategies adopted by benzodiazepine users. In spite of this it is possible to point at frequency differences which were found among methamphetamine users. They were found in particular with respect to the relation between negative coping strategies ratio and period time of methamphetamine use, where negative coping strategies were preferred by respondents using methamphetamine for more than 11 years etc. The concluding section summarizes the research results and reflects on the aims of the thesis.
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Health related quality of life (HRQoL) in drug addicts and their dependets in relation to the age.
LIŠKOVÁ, Kateřina
In my thesis I address the quality of life of drug addicts in dependence on the duration of their drug use and their age. Drug addicts have a number of social problems and are also exposed to health risks. The objective of my thesis was to determine the quality-of-life score of those persons, and to ascertain whether their quality of life differs in comparison with the general population and also in comparison between the individual groups into which the drug addicts were divided according to the period of the drug use. In order to achieve these objectives, I raised hypotheses H1: Drug addicts have lower quality of life than the general population, H2: The quality of life of drug addicts deteriorates in relation with the length of the addiction, and H3: The quality of life of drug addicts is lower with increased person age. The method used in my work was SF- 36 questionnaire. From the results of my work it follows that, in statistic terms, drug addicts have considerably lower quality of life than the control group in all 8 examined fields (domains). Actually, in three domains the average score achieved by the drug addicts did not reach even a half of the score achieved by the control group. Hypothesis H1 was confirmed. Comparison of individual groups of drug addicts, namely the persons addicted for 11-15 years and the group of users (0-5 years), revealed an interesting value of emotional restriction of roles. From this comparison it follows that the persons who have been drug addicts for rather a long time have not been able to hold their social roles in the society in emotional terms any more, which confirms also hypothesis H2. In the end was hypothesis H3 confirmed. It is also obvious from the results of my work that, while working with drug addicts, the attention needs to be given to their motivation to undertake treatment so that their quality of life ceases to deteriorate and, on the contrary, improves again in their life without drugs.
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Assesment of needs of clients of Aftercare Centre Prevent in Ceske Budejovice.
ŠNOKHOUS, Jan
The study presents an assessment of needs of clients of the Aftercare Centre Prevent in Ceske Budejovice and investigates which needs are perceived by the clients as significant. Theoretical part deals with needs in terms of selected motivation theories and describes work with drug addicts, mainly in tertiary prevention sphere. The term of aftercare is discussed in this section, together with components of aftercare programmes and the Aftercare centre Prevent in Ceske Budejovice itself. Included is also a comparison of the main needs theories and actual needs of drug addicts. The practical part includes characteristics of the sample of participants, methodology of Needs Assessment data gathering, and results of the analysis based on the well established theory by Strauss and Glaser. The outcome of the study is a set of categories reflecting basic needs of drug addicts during the process of aftercare, which is coherent with their perceptions.
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Health Related Quality of Life (HTQoL) in drug dependent population
VEVERKA, Vladimír
Abstract Health related quality of life of drug addicted population groups The aim of this thesis is: 1/ to determine the individual and average score of quality of life in drug addicted persons, their kins and close friends 2/ to analyse the survey of the data, to compare the quality of life of probands with European standards, to compare gender differences in a group of drug addicts´ relatives (kins) and also to compare the quality of life in members of a group of drug addicts with the quality of life of the drug addicts´ family members. 3/ On grounds of this analysis to consider the relevance of the phenomena (the statistical significance) and to identify the most affected domains of life, thereby to generate prerequisites on planning the range of possible social interventions in target persons. The method: For the practical research the questionnaire method SF-36, which served both for quality of life measuring and for the comparison between the groups, was used. Probands: The set of 36 persons (24 drug addicted persons {--} patients and 12 of their family members or persons at the same position) and 32 family members of Croatian drug addicts. The results: The drug addicted persons have a statistically significantly lower quality of life in all the 8 domains than the control group. In the domains of reduced social functioning and mental health the health related quality of life of relatives is significantly lower than that of the control group. Croatian family members have a much worse score than Czech family members. Women are affected more than men, in the domains the physical functioning and the physical role limitations.
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