Abstract:
Background: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of CBT therapy on methadone consumption and general health of opium addicts before and after the intervention. Methods: The study population included all men aged 20 to 40 who were addicted to drugs and used the counseling services of addiction treatment centers in Tehran. The study sample included 30 addicted men who were selected using the available method and were counseled at Mofarrah addiction treatment center every day for six months. Subjects were divided into two experimental and control groups randomly and each group included 15 subjects. In this study, the index of opiate treatment (OTI) and the Goldberg's general health (GHQ) questionnaires were used to collect data. Descriptive, univariate covariance and multivariate covariance tests were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy had a significant effect on increasing general health characteristics (P Conclusions: According to the findings, it can be concluded that the cognitive-behavioral therapy has therapeutic benefits for addicts that can lead to a reduction in drug use and temptation to consume. Besides, CBT by increasing appropriate coping strategies, improves their general and mental health.
Machine summary:
The reason why drug treatment is prescribed is that medication-assisted therapies in general, and MMT in particular, are positively associated with better health and social outcomes across groups, including a decreased frequency of injecting opioids, less involvement in criminal activity, a decrease in infectious disease exposure, improved work productivity and employment, and other functional outcomes (Maglione, Raaen, Chen, Azhar, Shahidinia, Shen, et al.
Another pilot study showed that Cognitive- behavioral group therapy, along with mindfulness, in Kermanshah has had a significant effect on reducing craving for consumption of opioid addicts (Sedaghat zade, Imani & Shokri, 2018).
Results of multivariate analysis of variance to compare patient General health and its subscales in pre-test and post-test {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} the experimental and control groups is significant and shows that cognitive-behavioral therapy has an effect on reducing drug use in patients treated by addiction treatment centers (p As shown in Table 5, there is a significant difference between physical symptom, anxiety symptoms and sleep disorders, social function, depression and total general health between the experimental and control groups (F=170820 and Sig=00001).
Moreover, another result of this research was that cognitive-behavioral therapy can reduce physical symptom, anxiety symptoms and sleep disorders, social function, and depression, and totally can improve general health.
A meta-analysis examined 15 randomized controlled trials and about 1671 patient about the presentation of cognitive-behavioral therapy on somatic disorders showed that treatment reduced the symptoms of anxiety and depression and improved physical performance in the experimental group compared to the control group.