On February 25th, 2015 Yuliya Beluga, a senior lecturer of the Department of Civil Law and Process of the Legal Institute, held a lecture on theme “The Harmful Effects of Alcohol on the Health of the Child” for students 10-11 forms of Kyiv secondary school N189.
The purpose of this event was generalization and systematization of students’ knowledge on the negative effects of alcohol on human body and psyche, forming the negative attitude of youth to alcohol. During the meeting Yuliya Beluga accented that alcohol abuse is one of the topical problems of our country. Sale and advertising of alcohol, social, economic and psychological tension, lack of organization of leisure and recreation contribute to alcohol abuse of population, including youth. Alcoholism (alcoholism) is a chronic disease in the result of systematic use of alcoholic beverages and accompanied by psychological and physical dependence on them. It includes specific changes in the individual patient and alcoholic psychosis. These thematic lectures with high school students are important and relevant today because education of skills and principles of healthy living, saving and strengthening of physical and mental health of the individual are happened.