THE COURSE OF THE DISEASE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLISM

The COVID-19 pandemic provides preliminary data on the impact of anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, alcohol use and mental health. In a pandemic, alcohol consumption can be used to overcome the difficulties caused by associated abnormal conditions. Comorbidity between alcohol use and mood or anxiety has been attributed to self-medication. Comorbidity between alcohol use and mood or anxiety has been attributed to self-medication. Study verification method: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, (AUDIT). Conclusion: the main reason for the increase in alcohol consumption by alcoholics is the presence of young children in the family, the need to stay at home and work at home, loss of income.