Aims: Ukrainian legislation does not provide different regulations for socio-psychological rehabilitation services to addicts; only medical and social rehabilitation consolidated. This study aimed to assess the socio-psychological activities for addicts in rehabilitation centers of Kyiv, Ukraine.
Participants & Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2021 in eighteen rehabilitation centers of various forms of ownership and subordination (6 centers of state subordination, 6 public, and 6 private) in Kyiv City, Ukraine. The study sample comprised 93 people; 35 specialists of the centers and 58 clients who were undergoing rehabilitation at the time of the study. The structured interviews and content analysis were chosen as the methods of studying the socio-psychological activities of the rehabilitation institutions.
Findings: The socio-psychological rehabilitation services for addicts were represented in three themes; Placebo-suggestive techniques (coding, filing, torpedo, hypnosis); Services of spiritual-oriented communities; and Socio-psychological services.
Conclusion: Most centers that assist addicts (regardless of ownership and subordination) are not focused on the socio-psychological aspects of rehabilitation.