Abstract: The study describes the characteristics of loneliness and anxiety experienced by adolescents of the older and younger age groups who use surfactants and are undergoing rehabilitation in a drug treatment center. The object of the study is the peculiarities of experiencing loneliness and anxiety, the subject was their predictive role in the formation of adolescents' addiction to surfactants in different age groups. The aim of the study is to identify the characteristics of loneliness and anxiety of adolescents who use surfactants. The novelty of the conducted research lies in the study of adolescents suffering from chemical dependence and who are in the process of rehabilitation. To conduct the study, we used the following methods: assessment of the subjective experience of loneliness by D. Russell, M. Ferguson (UCLA); the A.Beck anxiety scale (BAI); the scale of overt anxiety for teenagers by A.M. Parishioners. The study involved 50 adolescents (25 boys and 25 girls, 20 of them younger adolescents (10 boys and 10 girls) and 30 older adolescents (15 boys and 15 girls) who use various types of surfactants and are undergoing rehabilitation in drug treatment centers. The sample of respondents is maximally ordered by gender, age and sociodemographic criteria (full families, average income, permanent residence in Moscow and/or the Moscow region, regular use of surfactants of the same type). As a result of the study, we identified stable features in experiencing anxiety and subjective loneliness: adolescent boys of both age groups are more likely to experience loneliness as a misunderstanding from others and an average level of anxiety, while the anxiety level of adolescent girls is significantly higher and is associated with the manifestation of the scale of social desirability. At the same time, adolescents of the younger age group are prone to higher levels of anxiety, while older adolescents are prone to deeper experiences of subjective loneliness in terms of impaired social interactions.

Abstract: This work is devoted to describing the use of art therapy as a method of psychological prevention of the use of psychoactive substances (PAS) by adolescents.
The purpose of the study is to describe the possibilities of using art therapy as a method of psychological prevention of substance abuse among adolescents. The subject of the study is the variety of art therapeutic techniques used as a tool for the prevention of chemical addiction. The methodological basis of the study is the work of L. Hagen, I. A. Kopytin, O. A. Ionov, I. V. Zelenkova and others. As part of the study, the author considers the possibility of using various art therapy techniques when working with the prevention of PAS use of adolescents undergoing treatment for chemical addictions at the center “_”. The empirical basis was anonymized personal data of 43 adolescents (25 older adolescents and 18 younger adolescents, of different genders), obtained at various stages of the implementation of psychological work.
The research methods used were the drawing test method, as well as the author’s self-assessment questionnaire for adolescents undergoing rehabilitation as part of the treatment of chemical addiction. The study described various methods and approaches to the use of art therapeutic techniques for working with adolescents of older and younger age groups.
The scientific novelty of the study is the description of the use of art therapeutic techniques in the rehabilitation of adolescents with chemical addiction as part of complex psychological and psychotherapeutic work.
The results of the study became recommendations for psychologists working in the field of rehabilitation of adolescents suffering from PAS addictions to use art therapeutic models and techniques in various forms to prevent the use of psychoactive substances.