Psychological assessment of pathological attraction to alcohol in adolescents

The article is devoted to the evaluation of pathological attraction of adolescents to alcohol. Pathopsychological and socio-psychological aspects of the problem were studied with the help of associative experiment, pictogram technique, content analysis in the conditions of stationary narcological Department for minors. The results obtained in the study may indicate the connection of the deep levels of the psyche with instinctive activity.