[Diagnostic criteria of the severity of the pathologic drive to narcotics]

The paper presents variation of the clinical scale for determination of the severity of the pathologic drive to narcotics (drug addiction) elaborated by the authors. The "major" (obligatory) and the "minor" (additional) criteria were established. As the "major" criteria there were the presence of thoughts about narcotic drugs, affective and behavioral disorders, disturbances of sleep. The "minor" criteria included somato-autonomic disturbances, the presence of "narcotic" dreams, attitude to treatment, criticism toward the disease. A quantitative (with the scores) evaluation of the pathologic drive to narcotics was elaborated. The method proposed permits to object quite significantly the diagnosis of the pathologic drive to narcotics, to determine both its severity and dynamics during treatment.