There were studied 120 patients with heroin addiction at the age of 17 to 26 years. Prescription of heroin abuse at the time of initial examination ranged from 8 months to 5 years. The greatest number of patients made those receiving the drug from 1 to 3 years. It is established that the premorbid personality characteristics in patients with heroin addiction affect the formation of remission and determine the extent and nature of medico-social consequences of the disease. Anxieties are the leading clinical and dynamic psychopathology in heroin addiction. They play an important role in the syndrome of pathological craving for psychoactive substances and determine the prognosis of the disease.
The article discusses the development and application of technical devices for medical research. Biomedical engineering is one of the scientific and technical fields that explores and develops the application of engineering principles and concepts in medicine and biology to create artificial organs that can compensate for the lack of physiological functions. Medical engineering combines engineering and design skills with problem solubilities in the field of medicine and life sciences, and can also improve therapies based on the fundamental principles of molecular and cell biology, including diagnosis, monitoring and treatment.
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