the study of factors for recurred addiction from the view of self-introduced addicts to the addiction abandonment centers of zahedan

the study of factors for recurred addiction from the view of self-introduced addicts to the addiction abandonment centers of zahedan nastizayi n, hezareh moghadam m, mollazehi a received: 6 april, 2010 accepted: 11 aug, 2010 abstract background & aims: despite the fact that an addict may give up consuming narcotics voluntarily for a long time, nobody can be assured that he would not restart addiction to narcotics. as shown by statistics, 80 % of these people restart after less than 6 months. this research was carried out to study the factors influencing the recurrence of the addiction and find out new ways to prevent it. materials & methods: this a descriptive case series study includes the subjects that were selected by random sampling from self-introduced addicts (who experienced a recurred addiction) to zahedan centers. about 200 addicts filled the researcher-made questionnaire. descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. results: according to the findings of the study, the factors that influence recurred addiction are as follows: unhealthy environment contaminated, addicted friends, the inefficiency of psychotherapy sessions. moreover, these effects were the same on gender and age group of the self-introduced addicts (p=0.000). conclusion: in order to prevent the recurrence of addiction, it is recommended to provide a specialist adviser and not allow the patient to socialize with addicts. treatment programs should be more defined and strict during the first three months of recovery. keywords: addiction, self-introduced addicts, recurred addiction address: sistan and baluchestan university of medical sciences, sistan and baluchestan, iran tel: (+98)9151902047 e-mail: [email protected]