title: [Epidemiologic trends of the intake of psychoactive agents by basic service soldiers].
abstract: The aim of the investigations described in this study is to present epidemiologic tendencies of drug addiction in the army and to define its causes and conditionings. The investigations were carried out in the years 1996-2003 among 3561 basic service soldiers and 134 members of the cadre, with the use of the same questionnaire, which allowed to compare the results from respective. The carried out analysis of epidemiologic trends in basic service soldiers taking psychoactive agents proved the downward tendency of drug addiction in the army. This decrease has been occurring since 2000. The proportion of soldiers taking psychoactive agents decreased twice in 2003 in comparison with 1996 and four times in comparison with 2000. In the last three years there occurred a decrease of percentage of basic service soldiers taking psychoactive agents and there decidedly increased the number of prophylactic actions.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Socjologii Wyzszej Szkoły Ekonomii i Administracji w Kielcach.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jedrzejczak
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kloczkowski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs