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Objectives: Substance abuse is one of the most outstanding socio-psychological hazards that can easily wreck one’s personal, family and social life. Reality Therapy is a type of Cognitive rehabilitation (known as psychosocial rehabilitation), and the application of this method in the treatment of different disorders has recently been the topic of research. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of group reality therapy on the reduction of stress, anxiety and depression in addicts. Method: A quasi-experimental study of pretest-posttest design, with a control group was conducted. The study population consisted of all addicts attending Tehran’s ‘Neda’ Rehab Clinic. First, the DASS-21 questionnaire was administered and then 40 people were selected from those who had scored average and higher. They were then randomly assigned to two test and control groups of 20 each. Analysis of co-variance was used to analyze the data, with which pretest scores were controlled, and the effect of the independent variable on posttest scores was evaluated. Results: Following the intervention, there were significant decreases in the mean scores of all three variables, i.e. stress, anxiety and depression in the test group (p<0.05). Conclusions: Psychosocial rehabilitation based on reality therapy can be considered as an effective method for reducing stress, anxiety and depression in addicts and also as an adjunctive therapy in treating other ailments.
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Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 1, Spring 2015 Original Article Group Reality Therapy in Addicts Rehabilitation Process to Reduce Depression, Anxiety and Stress Omid Massah Substance Abuse and Dependency Research Center University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Fardin Farmani*; Reza Karimi; Hourieh Karami Allameh Tabataba’i Univeristy, Tehran, Iran Fatemeh Hoseini Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran Ali Farhoudian Substance Abuse and Dependency Research Center University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Substance abuse is one of the most outstanding socio-psychological hazards that can easily wreck one’s personal, family and social life.
The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of group reality therapy on the reduction of stress, anxiety and depression in addicts.
Discussion: Psychosocial rehabilitation based on reality therapy can be considered as an effective method for reducing stress, anxiety and depression in addicts and also as an adjunctive therapy in treating other ailments.
Objectives: Keywords: Psychosocial rehabilitation, Reality therapy, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Addiction Submitted: 05 January 2015 Accepted: 05 March 2015 Introduction Addiction to narcotics is a well-known health, psychological and social problem of the current era.
Treatment goals emphasize on three items: first, discontinuing physical dependence on drugs; second, discontinuing psychological dependence on drugs, psychosocial rehabilitation and reducing the non-physical outcomes of abuse, like anxiety & depression and improving quality of life; and eventually the prevention of relapse (6).
However, to our knowledge, domestic studies have not investigated the effectiveness of reality therapy in reducing anxiety, stress and depression yet.