The Effectiveness of Teaching Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills on the Addicts Attitude Towards Substances During Opiate Detoxification Phase Download PDF

Purpose: The present study aims at investigating the effectiveness of teaching dialectical behavior therapy skills on the addicts attitude towards substances during opiate detoxification phase. methods: The study makes use of a quasi-experimental method type pretest-posttest with control group and follow- up. The study subjects have been selected based on a purposive method and they were randomly assigned to two intervention and control groups: both of the groups were subjected to tests at the same time and before the independent variable was implemented; afterwards, the groups were again tested after the independent variable was implemented on the intervention group as well as in a 3-month follow-up period. The study population was comprised of all male addicts who had been passing detoxification stage in Boghrat substance abuse clinic, in the city of Tehran in 2015-2016. The current research paper uses diagnostic interviews by the author through utilizing the criteria outlined in DSM-5 as a result of which 34 individuals were selected; their information was assessed by means of beliefes abuse substance Questionnaire Findings: The results obtained by the use of descriptive statistics (statistical indices such as frequency, percentage, mean) and inferential statistics (covariance analysis) indicated that teaching dialectical behavior therapy skills is effective on the attitude towards substances of the addicts in their detoxification phase.The difference between experimental groups with the control group was significant. Conclusion: Teaching dialectical behavioral therapy Skills can be employed besides medication in change the attitude towards substances of men with drug addiction.