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Problem Psychoactive Substance Use Monitoring Unit

Main responsibilities:

  • development, improvement, and maintenance of the information systems for monitoring the problem use of psychoactive substances
  • creating and keeping databases for the information on the problem use of psychoactive substances
  • collection, processing, consolidation, and analysis of social, medical, epidemiological, statistical, and other information from the public, private and non-governmental organizations on the problem use of psychoactive substances in terms of their class, type, effects, etc. at the national and international levels
  • ensuring the development of data collection systems, including the statistical methods through improving the accounting and reporting methods, raising the level of professional training of experts in relevant areas
  • monitoring of the drug and alcohol situation in Ukraine pursuant to the requirements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction on the Problem Drug Use Indicator (at the national and local levels in terms of class and type of psychoactive substances, etc.)
  • participation in drafting the National Report on Drug and Alcohol Situation in Ukraine in terms of the Problem Drug Use Indicator
  • assessment of the socio-economic effects of psychoactive substance use/results of general population studies on the problem use of psychoactive substances
  • creating and keeping electronic databases for the information on the problem use of psychoactive substances
  • interaction and exchange of information with national and international organizations or institutions on epidemiological and other sociological aspects of monitoring the problem use of psychoactive substances

Recent news

Institute’s Functions Changed

The Institute will focus on forensic psychiatry issues after its renaming The Ministry of Health of Ukraine transfers the drug monitoring function from the state institution “Institute of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Examination and Drug Monitoring of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine” to the state institution “Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health […]

Announcement on Updated Edition of the Statute

State Agency «Institute of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Examination and Drug Monitoring of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine» informs that the Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine #2065 of 27 September 2021 approved the Statute of the Institute of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Examination and Drug Monitoring of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine» […]

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