[Suicide and addictive characteristics of spouses with alcohol dependence according to the marriage dynamics]. / Suitsidologicheskaya i narkologicheskaya kharakteristiki suprugov, stradayushchikh alkogol'noi zavisimost'yu, i varianty dinamiki braka.

AIM: To explore how alcoholism of the husband impacts the dynamics of the marriage. The authors assume and justify the existence of isolated clinical/phenomenological types of marriages in these families: with permanently closed, primarily and secondary opened marriage systems. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It has been examined 125 families with special questionnaire. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Demonstrated that no common scenario exists for spouses, in particular, for co-dependent reaction of the wife. Assessment of autoaggresive patterns, addictive and co-dependent characteristics of spouses in respect of the variants of marriage dynamics were presented. This is of importance for effective prevention and treatment both of addiction and suicide as well as significantly expands current theoretical conceptions on «alcohol¼ marriages in general and codependence phenomenon in particular.