CURRENT PROBLEMS OF MODERN YOUTH

 The purpose of the work is to study the urgent problems of modern youth.  Research objectives: 1. To study the causes of social problems. 2. Consider the factors that influence the problems of youth. 3. Conduct a sociological survey among young people. 4. Analyze survey responses.  The method of obtaining information is a survey. The survey consists in asking people special questions, the answers to which allow the researcher to obtain the necessary information, depending on the objectives of the study.

 Internet addiction. This problem is gaining momentum. Ten years ago, few people in the 1st grade had a phone, but now it is considered the norm, but it is not used at all for emergency communication with the family, but for things like social networks on the Internet, various chats and games. The Internet has an even greater influence on a teenager than peers and parents.

 Unemployment. Problems of this nature arise from the economic instability of the state, which is unable to provide the required number of jobs, the unwillingness of employers to accept low-skilled and inexperienced employees. The problem of youth employment also lies in the financial claims of young professionals, which are not shared by employers. Thus, young people are looking for work, but they cannot get a job, which is why they have no means of subsistence. This pushes them to search for illegal earnings, which often pushes them to crime, drug addiction, leads to poverty, and contributes to the development of housing problems for young people.

 Youth culture. The decline in the standard of living of young people was reflected in their cultural life. Western ideas of a consumer attitude to life are popular, which is reflected in the cult of money and fashion, the desire for material well-being, and pleasure.

 Psychological problems. Psychological problems of youth are mainly associated with the lack of a clear life direction. Boys and girls are introduced to the laws of life not only by parents, school and books, but also by the street, products of mass culture, the media, and their own experience. The indifference of power and lack of rights, youthful maximalism provokes the development of indifference or aggression in young people, pushes them to join youth informal groups

 Alcoholism. Alcoholism can be called a social problem of young people, since no one is safe from it. It affects both hereditary predisposition and acquired, by the method of retraction. A teenager who starts drinking alcohol early loses the meaning of life. Today, alcoholism is the most pressing problem of young people, regardless of gender.

We must create for our youth such a social program in which they would remain themselves and which would bring them satisfaction. Such public activity would contribute to the strengthening of the mental health of the individual R. May Fundamental question. Are we to blame for the problems that arise, or is it the world around us? Problematic questions: What problems do today's youth have and how to solve them? How does today's youth relate to universal human values? What factors influence the formation of a healthy lifestyle?

At present, the problem of social adaptation of young people in the context of a social and spiritual crisis has become the object of close attention of various public institutions and organizations. This is natural, since it is the condition of young people that determines the future of society, the prospects for its development. The upbringing of the younger generation should, on the one hand, meet the needs of society, and on the other hand, take into account the interests of the individual. Problem

High communicative culture, which includes the ability to create your own image and the skill of self-presentation, the ability to cooperate; the formation of an individual lifestyle on the basis of the most complete realization of interests, inclinations, abilities, and the creative potential of the individual; business qualities, including responsibility, enterprise, the ability to get out of difficult life situations, quickly adapt to the changing conditions of the current reality; internal stability, which implies the ability to withstand high moral and psychological stress, characteristic of our unstable period, tolerance to stress; high spiritual and moral culture as a foundation for the formation of the above qualities, because ignoring this aspect leads to the degradation of both the individual and society as a whole. What personal qualities are necessary for a person in modern conditions in order to effectively build his life in order to take a worthy place in a constantly changing world? This is first of all:

Young people at a certain stage of life, in the period of growing up, feel the need to enter communities based on common values, which are translated into the internal plane and used as material for self-development. Summarizing the above, we formulate a hypothesis: the use of group methods of psychological and pedagogical influence makes it possible to form a favorable educational environment in a specially organized youth microsociety (club).

The object of the research is group methods of psychological influence in work with youth. The purpose of the study: to identify the role of group methods of influence in creating an educational environment favorable for personal development. Research objectives: to substantiate the effectiveness of the use of group methods of influence on the formation of personality in adolescence; explore the attitude of young people to universal values.

A survey was conducted among students in grade 11 in order to accurately find out the interests and problems of young people. Questions Answer option % of respondents Do you think that getting a higher education is a prerequisite for success in life? 49% answered positively What life goals, in your opinion, are most often set by modern youth? Prestigious job42% What, in your opinion, prevents today's youth from achieving their goals? Lack of finances38% What do you think are the benefits of higher education for young people? Getting a job42% Based on the survey, it can be said that the main goal of today's youth is to get a prestigious job, considering getting an education one of the components in achieving success in life.

Study of the attitude of school youth to universal values and problems. These studies were built on the basis of the methodology of "problem questions", reflected in problematic topics, such as: 1. men and women; 2. freedom and affection; 3. family and betrayal; 4. love; 5. sacred, central values; 6. acceptance of oneself, others, the world; 7. openness in relationships; 8. loneliness; 9. children; 10. game and "role-life"; 11. self-realization; 12. fullness and meaningfulness of life; 13. business and entertainment; 14. experiencing one's own uniqueness. Answer options: 1. did not think about this question; 2. topic relevant to me; 3. would like to discuss this issue with other members of the group; 4. neutral attitude to the problem.

A human being, a social being living in a community of his own kind, is included in the system of connections and relations with other people, occupies his own position in this system, has a certain status, plays various social roles. This means that his psyche and behavior essentially depend on a complex, structured social environment in which people are united in numerous, diverse, more or less stable communities of a group. A group is a kind of unity that obeys its own laws, in which dynamic processes take place and which in a certain way influence the people included in it. This is the educational value of the group.

Socio-psychological characteristics of group methods of influence and their use in work with youth. To educate a person means to contribute to the formation of his personality. There are three types of activity: knowledge of the world and oneself; assessment of the world around; changing yourself and the world. The factors that encourage activity include: cognitive and professional interest, or personal interest in learning; creative nature of the activity; competitiveness; the playful nature of the classes, dynamics and dramatization; emotional impact of various factors.

Group methods of influence: Debating methods. Game methods. Sensitive training (training of interpersonal sensitivity and perception of oneself as a psychophysical unity). Behavioral approach (behaviorism). Activity approach. psychoanalytic approach. cognitive approach. Psychodrama. Psychosynthesis. T-groups (training groups) Meeting groups. dance therapy. Art therapy. Body Oriented Therapy.

The influence of the group on the individual through relationships is quite large. Not the last role is played by the position of the member of the group. The extent to which a person is active in his desire for creative self-expression, self-improvement, participation in development, to a large extent contributes to his adaptation, individualization and integration in the team. In the Arsenievsky city district, the action "Teenager" has been held for several years. The main task of the operation "Teenager" is the organization of employment of children in the summer, the maximum coverage of various forms of recreation, organized labor, the primary prevention of drug addiction, substance abuse, alcoholism among children and adolescents, and the prevention of offenses. In educational and recreational institutions of the city during the period of the operation "Teenager" inspectors of the ODN conducted 57 conversations with teenagers on legal topics.

Within the framework of the interdepartmental operation "Teenager", preventive measures were carried out, such as "The Fugitive", "Teenager-Needle", "Teenager-Summer for Children", "Teenager-Migrant", "Teenager-Family", "Nezadzornyh children", "Vseobuch "," A world without drugs ". Over the summer, 7481 minors were covered by recreation, health improvement and employment. 1340 children worked in labor teams during the holidays. The priority areas of activity of cultural institutions within the framework of the complex operation "Teenager" were: crime prevention and promotion of a healthy lifestyle; formation of a legal culture among the youth audience; organization of useful rest; involvement in interest clubs. Against the background of a general increase in juvenile delinquency in the city of Arsenyev during the operation "Teenager" in 2005, there was a decrease in crime among schoolchildren in the city by 24%.

Consider another problem of modern youth - health. Analyzing the diagram of the general morbidity of adolescents (age years), it should be noted that in addition to respiratory diseases, which account for 40.0% of the total morbidity, one can distinguish diseases of the digestive system (8.6%), injuries and poisonings (8.4%), as well as diseases of the genitourinary system (6.3%), the eye and its accessory apparatus (6.2%), the skin and subcutaneous tissue (5.6%), and the nervous system (5.4%). Attention is drawn to the proportion of such a pathology as mental disorders, which in adolescents account for 4.5% of the total incidence. What is the reason?

Let us consider the dynamic system of population development in the form of a flow in the social space. At present, the social and labor component continues to dominate in Russia. The main sign of successful personal development is the formation of material and financial capital. Under these conditions, human capital is subjected to intensive use, which leads to significant costs in the form of increased mortality and reduced life expectancy, as well as a significant deterioration in the health of the younger generation. From all this we can conclude that it is necessary to unite and coordinate the efforts of the administration, institutions and departments to solve the problems of protecting and strengthening the health of young people. It is necessary to change the psychology of the population in relation to health, to promote a healthy lifestyle and priority should be given. socio-ecological and socio-cultural components.

Having highlighted the variety of forms and methods of group work, having considered the mechanisms of group influence on a personality, we can conclude that such an influence is invaluable for self-development during adolescence, has a beneficial effect on the formation and development of personality, helps to meet the urgent needs of modern youth, solve urgent age-related problems and overcome problems, but a person must be active in his desire for creative self-expression, self-improvement, and then everything will be fine.

I am a member of the "Extreme" tourist club, I am fond of extreme sports, so I would like to appeal to my peers: "Let's hit sports on drug addiction, smoking and drunkenness !!!". For those who have not yet made their choice, I want to present the presentation "Extreme Sports", as well as the website of our club "Extreme" and the 3ds Max video created by me. "Extreme Sports", "Extreme" 3ds Max video

Informational resources. Dmitrieva T.B., Shostakovich B.V., Aggression and mental health, Legal Center Press, 2002 Masterov V.B. Psychology of self-development: psychotechnics of risk and safety rules. M., publishing house of the Soros Foundation, 1996 M. Monakhov, S. Solodov "Learning to design on a computer" Group methods of psychological impact Extreme sports. Hobbies, extreme sports

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The youth

Youth is a special social age group, distinguished by age limits and their status in society: the transition from childhood and youth to social responsibility. Some scientists understand youth as a set of young people to whom society provides an opportunity for social development, providing them with benefits, but limiting their ability to actively participate in certain areas of society.
The problems faced by young people are related to the position of young people in the social structure, characterized primarily by transition and instability. The social processes that are taking place in modern times only exacerbate these problems.

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Factors affecting youth

Economic factors most of all influence the situation of young people. For the most part, young people are insufficiently provided financially, do not have their own housing, and are forced to rely on the financial assistance of their parents. The desire to get an education postpones the start of labor activity to a more mature age, and the lack of experience and knowledge prevents them from obtaining highly paid positions. Young people's wages are much lower than the average wage, and student scholarships are extremely low.
If during periods of social stability these problems can generally be resolved or mitigated, then during a period of crisis they become much more complicated. In a situation of economic recession, the number of unemployed among the youth increases sharply, and it becomes increasingly difficult for young people to achieve a state of economic independence.
Spiritual factors are equally important. In modern times, the process of the loss of moral guidelines, the erosion of traditional norms and values, is intensifying. Youth, as a transitional and unstable social group, is most vulnerable to the negative trends of our time. Thus, the values of labor, freedom, democracy, interethnic tolerance are gradually being leveled, and these “obsolete” values are being replaced by a consumer attitude towards the world, intolerance towards strangers, and herding. The protest charge characteristic of young people in times of crisis is distorted, acquiring cruel and aggressive forms. At the same time, there is an avalanche-like criminalization of young people, the number of young people with social deviations, such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and prostitution, is growing.

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Actual problems of modern society

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Information

Now a child, being born, is already surrounded by a massive information field, which one way or another becomes a kind of pressure that puts pressure on both the psychology and the social development of the baby.
We constantly hear about different goods, services, facts, stories, and not always positive and pleasant ones. Various talk shows, soap operas, senseless serials are now popular on every channel. And if you think about it, it will become scary that all day long your child is among the "dirt" and "muck". So are young people, by and large. Modern girls and boys are quite developed, smart and educated people. However, the majority have completely wrong views on history, economics, politics, and everything from the fact that the information field dictates its own terms and imposes its own rules.

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Internet

Television, radio and the press, however, are gradually fading into the background, giving way to a more powerful opponent. The World Wide Web, the Web, the Internet, the garbage can are all names for the same "collection" of information. Moreover, in some senses, the last name is fully justified. You just look at what is posted on the Internet. After all, the Internet is not limited to Wikipedia and social networks alone. By and large, you can find everything on the Internet, and not always useful. And no matter how much the government of any country struggles with the same, say, pornography, it is full. It fills the lion's share of the place and is available to everyone. And if you look at the younger generation, they are more likely to know what "sadism" is than the details of the Great Patriotic War. Of course, the Internet has its advantages, but there are many more disadvantages. The modern youth of Russia is “Americanized”, which means they are becoming stupid.

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Policy

If parents can save the younger generation from the information and technological dependence, then it is hardly possible to protect oneself from the government, and hence the politics that dominates the country. Of course, in any country there are so-called "right" and "left", the main power and opposition. Along with them, the popular masses are also divided into "two fronts" of those who are "for" the existing situation and those who are "against". This is absolutely normal. But, nevertheless, there are enough shortcomings in the country that become a disaster for young promising people.
One of the main problems of almost all post-Soviet countries is the ability to listen to the people exclusively in front of television cameras and a cool audience. On all other days, needy young families (and not always in money) disappear due to the fact that the government only unsubscribes from them. And showing a clear unwillingness to help sort out the problem. And what are we going to do in this case? Cruelty, outrage? This is just a tiny fraction of what can happen when young people are "driven to the extreme." After all, it is known that many radical changes in history were provoked precisely by conscious youth.
The topic of politics is painful and unpleasant, but it should be covered, because it’s just sincerely a pity when you watch how the most magnificent “brains” go abroad or, worse, drink themselves from constant failures because of the selfishness of officials. You look at Western politics and compare them with ours. Only our politicians become generous during elections, and generous only with promises.

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Alcohol and drugs

It is impossible to bypass past and drug addiction with alcoholism. No matter how hackneyed it sounds, but this is "the scourge of our time." And, if the beginning of the 20th century was a rapid development, then its end turned into a total disaster.

And what can we say about the attitude of adults towards the younger ones, if teenagers take drugs and die in droves, then the older ones sell them, block those who sell and introduce them to the masses. Exactly like alcohol. But, it is worth drawing a parallel again and noting that people who profit from someone else's grief sometimes have worse grief themselves. And to endure youth in such a circle of temptation, so as not to succumb, is not realistic. And this situation can be cured only by work. Here, too, it is worth turning to life, mostly drug addicts are the children of once wealthy parents who have tried everything and switched to the “forbidden fruit”, besides, they never had hobbies.

But the problem is common and children are not divided into “us” and “them”. Apparently, the older generation is so mired in their problems that they stopped listening and hearing what the youth says. We can say that the problem of "fathers and children" has always been, but at the present time it has become especially acute, somewhere even critical.

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Money

Returning to young families, I would also like to add that even if two people are ready to start a family, have the desire to do it, it is worth talking about another enemy of young families that breaks into almost everyone - lack of finance.
Someone will say that this is nonsense, because there is a mom and dad and they will always pay, give, do. But the fact that the creation and maintenance of a family is a matter of purely two, everyone forgets. With this alignment, the question arises, how to deal with it? The answer is simple - no way. If the older generation does not think about young families, does not start helping them, then they will collapse like a house of cards a couple of years after they were created. Yes, and here everything is simple: there is no money, the husband is trying to earn money, but of course he has no time for his wife and child, hence the discord, scandals, divorce. Or the second option, the husband devotes enough time, has two days off and comes home from work at 19.00, while immediately taking care of the child. Bottom line: there is no normal income, there is no support, and there are two ways out: forget about the family while earning money, or get a divorce and become a “Sunday” dad.
What about living conditions? Whatever the state programs are, they are not perfect and not individual, and families cannot be the same. Now the fashionable word is "mortgage". And how many young couples has she killed? Banks are happy to hang hopelessness on fragile shoulders, and young people do not understand what to do and, of course, do not argue with financial sharks. And it just quietly bends in the hope that the bank with hellish conditions will go bankrupt. Well, it’s also impossible, where is state protection, why money plays the main role, and not the prospects and future of the country.

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Assessing the various challenges faced by young people

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Respondents were presented with a list of ten different problems and asked to rate the severity of each on a 5-point scale. Both adolescents and adults were not able to sufficiently differentiate the problems according to the severity and rated the severity of all the proposed problems very highly. Adolescents' ratings of the proposed problems ranged from 3.46 to 4.76, with smoking ranked fourth in severity with an average score of 3.99 on a 5-point scale.

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Youth Status

Youth, on the one hand, is an unprotected group, which is rather a destabilizing force in society, and on the other hand, it is a generation on which the future of the country depends. Such a special status of youth gives rise to the need for an adequate youth policy that can solve or mitigate existing problems, as well as direct the creative potential of young people into a creative direction.

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Youth policy

Youth policy is a system of state priorities and measures aimed at creating conditions and opportunities for successful socialization and effective self-realization of young people.

The youth policy system consists of 3 components:

legal conditions for the implementation of youth policy (ie the relevant legal framework);
forms of regulation of youth policy;
information and material and financial support of youth policy.

The main directions of youth policy are:

involvement of young people in public life, informing them about potential development opportunities;
development of creative activity of youth, support of talented youth;
integration of young people who find themselves in a difficult life situation into a full life.

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Novorossiysk branch of GBUZ GPND MZ KK cabins of social and psychological assistance Program for the prevention of mental disorders in schoolchildren “Sex, dog buzz, Internet, drugs, suicide .... how to save a teenager? Lecturer: PhD, psychiatrist, clinical psychologist Zolotova A.N. 2013-2014

Dependent behavior symptoms universal for all addictions (R. Brown, 1993; M. Griffiths, 1997) feature, "supervalue" mood changes growth of tolerance withdrawal symptoms conflict with others and oneself DEPENDENCES Chemical Non-chemical

There are many forms of modern drugs and some (mixtures, spices) can be ordered freely on the Internet.

A more urgent problem is non-chemical addictions (Internet addictions (addiction to virtual communication, web surfing, cyber-sexual addiction, obsessive financial need) addiction to mobile phones, television addiction, gambling addiction)

If there are signs of Internet addiction .... Do not criticize the child, but talk Find out what prompted the child to go “to the computer”, since the child’s departure from the real world is a sign of dissatisfaction with the existing reality. If you see signs of computer addiction in a child, do not aggravate the situation, consult a specialist.

Internet Two big problems Internet addiction Information on the net Capturing every moment of their lives It's the whole world Thinking the Internet is safer than real life Seeking escape from loneliness Sexual initiation through the Internet

The number of children's Internet users is growing (from 78% to 95% of children aged 14-17 actively use the Internet). Most children receive information without adult supervision. Interregional study "My safe network: the Internet through the eyes of children and adolescents in Russia" (G.V. Soldatova, E.Yu. Kropaleva)

INFORMATION IN THE NETWORK. DANGERS. SOCIAL NETWORKS must comply with legal prohibitions on the dissemination of pornographic, extremist and nationalist information, but ... ... DANGER OF VIRTUAL CHILD ABUSE. The anonymity of Internet communication gives sexual perverts a chance to take advantage of children's curiosity about an adult topic with impunity and draw them into virtual intimate relationships. FREE USE of profanity in articles, comments and announcements can form a subconscious belief in a child that such a manner of communication is socially acceptable. Staying in an environment for a long time where actions do not entail consequences - THE HABITS ARE NOT FORMED TO RESPOND AND CONTROL YOUR ACTIONS

The most important thing is to maintain a trusting relationship with the child and tell him in advance about what you might encounter on the World Wide Web. Virtual communication can only become unnecessary when real life becomes more interesting and full of good events.

"DOG'S HIGH" Games with asphyxia (suffocation) - intentionally blocking the access of oxygen to the brain in order to cause a short-term fainting and a state of euphoria. Why do they do it? Since the feeling of fear is reduced. - A teenager has a poor idea of what death is, the instinct of self-preservation is not formed. In the view of a teenager, death is removed from them for a huge number of years - there is an interest in purposefully changing their mental state and such behavior can be a risk factor for further addiction Choking games, games with asphyxia, Space Monkey, Purple Dragon, " Tide" and "Cowardly Chicken"

If the Child is 12-15 years old No hobbies, nothing to do (“studies under pressure”, does not attend classes, spends most of the time at the computer at home Bruises on the neck Bruises under the eyes, unnaturally white skin color Inhibited Breathing heavily, cannot quickly climb stairs, faints Closes himself in the room, tries to avoid conversations, becomes withdrawn, does not share his life and exciting moments with his parents It is necessary to sound the alarm!

CONSEQUENCES Death Development of a mental disorder (due to hypoxia of brain cells, memory loss, cognitive impairment, understanding to dementia) Provokes the onset of severe mental disorders

Suicide Suicide is the conscious deprivation of life by a person Suicidal behavior is all manifestations of suicidal activity (thoughts, intentions, designs) 45,000 people in Russia commit suicide annually

Frequency of completed suicides in 2012 (per 100,000 adults) (B.S. Polozhiy, 2013)

The frequency of suicides among adolescents in the Krasnodar region (B.S. Polozhiy, 2013)

A child at the age of 12-16 has to face several serious tasks at once: Get used to his rapidly changing body, Recognize and accept his own sexuality, Take his place among peers, test his strengths and abilities, Choose his interest in life, decide on plans for the future. Any of these tasks can be traumatic and cause a severe emotional state where the risk of suicide is high.

Signs of a severe emotional state: For several days, weeks, lethargy, an "extinct" look, non-emotional speech, a persistent decrease in mood, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, a decrease in the desire to communicate with other people, up to complete isolation; loss of interest in any affairs, past hobbies loss of interest in one's own appearance (untidiness, slovenliness) Talk about the meaninglessness of life Direct statements, as well as reservations or incomplete thoughts about suicide, death

What should parents do? Talk honestly and sincerely, expressing your willingness and desire to understand. listen very carefully and carefully, the child needs understanding and participation and support, and not to give advice and comfort. If the child does not want to discuss what is happening with you, suggest that he talk to someone else whom he trusts. And if the above signs are very pronounced and have been observed for a long time, a specialist consultation is necessary. Spend more time with your teenager, communicate more, talk about your affairs, discuss something interesting for both of you, think about activities that the two of you could be interested in. It is important that the child feels your participation, love and understanding, which do not require words and are more manifested in intonations, emotional mood, in simple everyday activities.

THE CHILD IS SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED BY: Relationships in the family Relationships at school Relationships in the company Media

What to do if you understand that there is a problem in risk areas? The child does not want to go to a specialist or you do not know how to tell him .... You CAN COME YOURSELF, the one who cares about the situation, to a specialist: -the doctor will help you understand where the problem is, if the problem is and how large it is -help you find ways to bring the child for a consultation -50% of problems are solved simply by working with parents

Law of the Russian Federation of July 2, 1992 N 3185-I "On psychiatric care and guarantees of the rights of citizens in its provision" Article 4. Voluntariness of seeking psychiatric care except as provided by this Law. A minor under the age of fifteen or a drug addicted minor under the age of sixteen years of age is provided with psychiatric assistance if there is an informed voluntary consent to medical intervention by one of the parents or other legal representative of a person recognized as legally incompetent, Article 23. Psychiatric examination Psychiatric examination of a person may be carried out without his consent or without the consent of his legal representative in cases where, according to the available data, the subject performs actions that give reason to assume that he has a severe mental disorder, which causes: a) his immediate danger to himself or others, or b) his helplessness, that is, the inability to independently satisfy the basic needs of life, or c) significant harm to his health due to a deterioration in his mental state, if the person is left without a psychiatric help.

Where to apply? Novorossiysk branch of GBUZ Gelendzhik psycho-neurological dispensary Geroev parasantnikov, 24 tel.

Thank you for your attention. Speaker: Candidate of Medical Sciences Deputy Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists of the Russian Society of Psychiatrists for work with the regions Psychiatrist Clinical psychologist Zolotova Anastasia Nikolaevna Tel. +79289060294 E-mail: [email protected]

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Introduction Probably, every young person understands, and every adult remembers, how you don’t want to burden yourself with new problems in your youth (it seems that there are plenty of them already), how you don’t want to force yourself to do something by force, just because it’s necessary. Therefore, the process of cognition of the surrounding world, the search for one's place in it, can be carried out to a large extent through one's leisure. You can spend your leisure time “sitting out your pants” at home, in front of a TV or computer, or doing some other interesting thing for you, and this will also be your own way to knowing the world around you and realizing your place in it. Living now in such a difficult, beautiful and unique period of youth, we, like all young people, are directly faced with the problems of choosing life values, our place in the world around us, and ways of knowing this wonderful world. Therefore, the topic of this work is the most relevant, timely and interesting for us.

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The main terms of this work and their definitions. Leisure is a part of non-working time that remains with a person after the performance of immutable non-productive duties. Leisure time is a part of non-working time (within the boundaries of a day, week, year), which remains with a person (group, society) minus the immutable, necessary costs. In the structure of free time, active creative (including social) activities are singled out; study, self-education; cultural (spiritual) consumption (reading newspapers, going to the movies, etc.), sports, etc.; amateur activities; activities, games with children; communication with other people. Youth is a socio-demographic group identified on the basis of a combination of age characteristics, characteristics of social status and socio-psychological properties due to both, which are determined by the social system, culture, patterns of socialization, education of a given society. Modern age limits are from 14-16 to 25-30 years, the share in the population is up to 20%. Creativity is an activity that generates something qualitatively new and is distinguished by originality, originality and uniqueness. Creativity is specific to a person, because always presupposes a creator – the subject of creative activity.

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Conflict and continuity of generations. Society produces itself biologically through younger generations. In a certain sense, young people represent the future of the country, and therefore their moods, behavior and well-being are a kind of barometer that measures the general political and socio-psychological climate in a given society. We can say that youth is a necessary link in the relay race of generations, a living link between the past and the future. Although young people were not always considered as a special social group - a generation, the problem of continuity constantly arose in society. As a socio-demographic group, young people are in any case dependent on the socio-economic and political relations that underlie society. Indirectly, young people carry all the contradictions inherent in society as a whole. In the second half of the twentieth century, in connection with the construction of the so-called "technogenic civilization", the phenomenon of youth culture arose. If earlier culture was not divided into youth and adult, everyone, regardless of age, sang the same songs, listened to the same music, danced the same dances, etc., but now everything has changed. Serious differences appeared among the “fathers” and “children” both in value orientations, and in fashion, and in communication methods, and often in the way of life in general.

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Leisure as a form of realization of freedom of choice for young people. Youth is a period of trial and error, a period of choice. Each of us has the right to choose from the whole variety of moral, political, aesthetic and other values. This diversity is enormous: the multitude of spiritual cultures accumulated by humanity gives everyone an almost unlimited opportunity to choose spiritual values that correspond to tastes, abilities, and living conditions. However, by the objective conditions of existence, we are already placed in a certain way in a limited circle of possibilities, conditioned by genetic, socio-political, national, economic, and similar factors. Today's time in Ukraine makes such a choice quite difficult. On the one hand, several generations of Ukrainians, due to understandable historical reasons, are cut off from the origins of their culture. On the other hand, a beautifully packaged surrogate of other cultures, products of mass culture, diverse and often contradictory, opposing political, ideological and religious ideas and myths are being actively imposed on young people. The freedom to choose a life path is relative. It is limited by the achieved level of social development. The problem is whether a young person is ready to deal with the immeasurably increased variety of choice of products of material and spiritual production. He has to choose among moving values and goals, the number of which is steadily increasing. Thus, the search for oneself, one's individuality and social status is complicated by the abundance and complexity of choice.

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Conducting surveys and their results. In order to find out what teenagers really prefer, we conducted a survey among students in grades 10-11. In total, we interviewed 50 people and received the following data: How do you spend your free time? (Fig. 1) a) I go out with friends, go to discos (20%) B) I watch TV, I sit at the computer (56%) C) I spend a lot of time in sections, circles, etc. (4%) D) I study lessons, I study additionally (16%) e) Yes, I would go for a walk, but they won’t let me in, I have to stay at home (4%) Do you attend any sections or studios? (Fig. 2) A) Yes (36%) B) No (64%) If you don't go to any circles, then why? (Fig. 3) A) I don't like it (4%) B) No time (48%) C) Yes, who needs it (16%) How do your parents feel about how you spend your free time? (Fig. 4) A) I don’t know (4%) B) Not enthusiastic but do not forbid (36%) C) They are against (8%) D) They are against, but who will listen to them? (24%) E) Good attitude (28%) How can you characterize today's youth? (Fig. 5) A) I don’t know, people are like people (48%) B) Aggressive, I’m afraid to walk down the street in the evening (28%) C) Basically they are not interested in anything at all (24%) What do you and your friends give away leisure preference? (Fig. 6) A) Beer, cigarettes (36%) B) Discos (20%) C) I like to read very much (4%) D) Computer, TV (28%) E) I have no free time at all (12% )

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Thus, having analyzed all the answers to our questions, we identified the following problems: Very many of the guys we interviewed said that they spend most of their time playing computer games. And here it is necessary to recall such a problem as violence in computer games and their impact on the psyche of a teenager. Alcohol use among teenagers. Let's take a closer look at these issues:

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The impact of violence in computer games on the younger generation. Considering this problem, we conducted a small survey among adolescents. We asked them just one question: do you play computer games and if so, what genre of game do you prefer. In total, we interviewed 100 people, 64 boys and 36 girls, and this is what we got: Boys: RPG genre - 15.6% Action genre - 43.8% Simulation - 25% Strategy - 15.6% Girls: RPG genre - 33.3% Genre Action – 11.2% Simulation – 22.2% Strategy – 33.3%

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In these games, death is shown not just as a process - “shot - and he disappeared”, on the contrary, in this game you can see how the person you wounded, staggering, is still on his feet, and you can finish him off by pressing the button, while there are scenes where the tearing of the body into parts is shown, and these very parts fly very effectively in your direction, and the remains of the murdered person remain on the floor in a pool of blood. And what does a person who has played one of these games experience for about five or six hours, except for fatigue in the fingers and stupid, animal and base joy? ... And all this rich visual information, in which red color predominates, is perceived by the player's brain and this information "does not fly away" from the head further - it remains in the brain and accumulates there. Why does she linger in her head? Because our brain remembers everything that is most vivid and extraordinary, something that does not happen every day. And death and murders, which all the more occur through dismemberment, breakdown, rupture of the body, etc., by no means can be called an ordinary event, and this does not happen every day. And, given the results of the survey that we conducted among students, namely the fact that 56% of respondents most often spend their free time in front of monitor screens, and 55% of them prefer to kill in games, as it is not loudly said, it is not difficult to do conclusion that the above problem is indeed relevant.