The use of psychoactive substances as a manifestation of auto-aggression in adolescence

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problems of auto-aggressive behavior in adolescence. The main idea of the article is to consider the use of psychoactive substances by adolescents as manifestations of auto-aggression. The article presents a theoretical analysis of foreign and domestic psychological literature on the problem of auto-aggressive behavior. The analysis allowed to reveal the psychological characteristics of adolescence. The analysis we have given allowed to reveal the psychological characteristics of adolescence. Age-specific reasons contributing to the involvement of a adolescents in the process of psychoactive substance use are revealed. Auto-aggressive behavior is considered by the authors as one of the main reasons for the initiation of the use of psychoactive substances. By auto-aggressive behavior, the authors understand destructive, abnormal actions that are turned against themselves. Auto-aggressive behavior is considered by the authors of the article as a direct manifestation of the death instinct, since it leads to death...