THE USE OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS

This article briefly discusses the specifics of the use of psychiatric medications in the treatment of athletes and complications caused by the abuse of substances banned for use in professional sports. The article covers various groups of substances and methods prohibited for use in professional sports. Their use can cause athletes to be banned from professional sports for several years and lose their awards. The use of banned substances such as anabolic steroids, stimulants and drugs not only goes against the idea of clean sport and fairness, but also harms the health of athletes. The abuse of these substances has many negative effects on both physical and mental health. The research in this area confirms the high risk of psychiatric pathology associated with the use of anabolic steroids. Unfortunately, the use of anabolic steroids is no longer limited to athletes but is now reaching a wide range of the population, especially young people. And that's a really serious problem, given what I said earlier. Therefore, I think it is necessary to inform not only athletes, but also doctors about this problem. Because, once again, both high-achieving professional athletes and young people who do sports as amateurs may be among your patients. And knowing all these aspects, which I mentioned earlier, our goal is to protect them. Keywords: professional sport, doping, prohibited substances and methods, dependence.