[Characteristics of the expressive and impressive aspects of emotions in drug dependence]

The data on verbal and nonverbal expression of emotions and their perception in patients suffering from drug dependence+ are related. Three experimental psychological methods were employed to examine 30 patients with opium dependence, 30 patients suffering from ephedrone dependence (mean age 30 years, the mean period of narcotic use 7 years, 50% of the test subjects were men, and 50% were women), and 60 test subjects of the control group. The majority of the drug dependence+ patients manifested the impairment of the impressive aspect: reduction of the ability to recognize emotions according to the mimicry, gestures and postures. The emotional expression was relatively preserved, its disorders were of secondary nature. It has been demonstrated that the derangement of the impressive aspect of emotions is a stable individual and typological characteristics which may be of premorbid nature in patients suffering from narcotic dependence.