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BACKGROUND. WHO experts had identified as 4 percentage of total mortality in our glob is due toharmful use of alcohol [1]. Prevalence of the mental and behavioral disorders due to use of alcohol isoccurred 13.6 percent among the population aged 15-65 years old, thereof 22.0% of man and 5.0%of women in the morbidity of Mongolia [2].Thus, study in clinical features in patients with mental and behavioral disorders due to use of alcoholand result of psychotherapy among patients are required in this field.OBJECTIVE: Identifying of the result of psychotherapy and study on withdrawal features amongpatients with mental and behavioral disorders due to use of alcohol is proposed objective of thisclinical research.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In first stage, researchers had been used AUDIT tools and selected 200patients with mental and behavioral disorders due to use of alcohol among the alcohol users. Second,withdrawal scale determined among the selected patients using by SAWS test. In third stage, resultsof psychotherapy among the patients with mental and behavioral disorders due to use of alcohol hadbeing compared with results of control group without psychotherapy. In statistical analysis, there isused CI at P<0.05andRR=p1/p2) at the CDC-EpiInfoOE2.3.RESULTS: Result of psychotherapy among patients in trial group with mental and behavioral disordersdue to use of alcohol was identified directly 80.1%, and after 3 months - 82.3% on SAWS test,respectively direct result was 64.20% (RR=1.2) and after 3 months - 47% (RR=1.8)among patientsof control group on SAWS test .Furthermore, results were 77.3%, and after 3 months - 75.3% on SADD test among trial grouppatients. Same time the direct result was 71.30% (RR=1.1), and after 3 months -66.50% (RR=1.1)among patients in control group on SADD test.
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IntroductionIn the total increase in the rate of smoking in the population of Mongolia, the smoking rate among women of the age of 15-24 years old increased up to 4.2% which is higher by 1.9 points against the level of the year 2005. The average age of starting smoking among women decreased by 3 years compared to 2005 evidencing the increase in the prevalence of smoking among the female population. However, there is no study on prevalence of smoking focusing on school age girls. Researches on the prevalence of smoking and KAP of the population shall play an important part in reduction of tobacco consumption, assisting smoking cessation and determining the effective forms of anti-tobacco communications.Materials and MethodsThe study of the tobacco consumption and risk factors among the school age girls of the 6-11th grades is a cross-sectional study covering the school age girls of 6-11th grades of Suhbaatar, Chingeltei, Bayangol and Songinokhairkhan districts of Ulaanbaatar and Uvurkhangai, Khovd, Dornod and Umnugobi aimags. The participants of the study were selected by random sampling. The study used qualitative and quantitative methods. The study involved 1208 school age girls of 6-11th grades. The data of the survey was analyzed with SPSS software.ResultsEvery third or 33.7% of the schoolchildren of 6-11th grades smoke. The rate of smoking is as twice higher in the metropolitan settings as in provincial aimags. The answer that there are smokers in the family given by 64% of the respondents implies that two in three target age school girls are exposed to second-hand smoking. Every fifth of the girls find themselves in tobacco affected areas daily. Of the target age/gender group, 36.5% reported that they buy cigarettes in kiosks, shops and stores and one in each two schools have any form of tobacco selling points within 100 meters which implies a potential impact of the surrounding environment. Around 90% of the participants of the quantitative survey were able to correctly list the health hazards of smoking, however, the qualitative survey results demonstrate that they have confusions on the health hazards of smoking and have insufficient understanding of the long term effects of smoking.Conclusions:1. Girl in the metropolitan settings smoke more than in provincial settings.2. Smoking at schools and public places are common in both metropolitan and provincial areas.3. The smoking behaviors of the girls are influenced by their and peers. insufficient knowledge 4. It was identified by the research that all smoking girls in the capital and in provinces are wishing to quit smoking.5. Though the girls receive information on tobacco from mass media, friends and Health Education subject, the information received through these channels are insufficient to impact their knowledge and change their behavior.6. The number of school children exposed to the impact of tobacco tends to increase by their age.