efficacy of therapeutic community on mental symptoms of males with substance abuse disorder

Comparison of Residential and Therapeutic Community Centers in Preventing Substance Abuse Recurrence and Reducing Self-destructive Behaviors of Substance Users

The Effect Of Transcranial Electrical Simulation On The Abuse Temptation Drug In Adult Male With Substance Abuse Disorder In Safadasht

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of Transcranial electrical stimulation on the rate of drug abuse temptation in adult men with substance abuse disorder in Safadasht.To achieve this goal, a statistical population was used that included all adult men with substance abuse disorder in the Akhavan center located in Safadasht.The experimental research design is a pre-test post-...

Therapeutic community treatment for substance abusers with antisocial personality disorder.

This study compared treatment outcomes of substance abusers with and without antisocial personality disorder (APD) randomly assigned to two therapeutic communities, differing primarily in length of inpatient and outpatient treatment. We hypothesized that APD clients would be less likely to complete treatment, more likely to test positive for drugs and recidivate at follow-up, and that APD clien...

Troubled adolescents: substance abuse and mental disorder in young offenders.

INTRODUCTION Many studies indicate the high prevalence of juvenile substance abuse. There is increasingly more dual diagnosis and mental illnesses in adolescents and many juvenile offenses are related to drug abuse. METHOD This is a descriptive study about the relationship between drug abuse and clinical, demographic and criminal characteristics in a sample of 144 youths seen in the Therapeut...

Impact of Metacognition Training On Males’ Metacognition and Their Disposition towards Substance Abuse

Objective: The aim of the present research was to study the effect of the metacognition training on the metacognition approaches and the magnitude of disposition towards substance abuse as the result of learning various metacognition strategies.  Methods: The research method was experimental with the pre-test, post-test design. The Statistical population included all of abusers male in TC, B...

Effects of Reality Therapy on Drug Cravings and Mental Health among Clients of Therapeutic Community Centers

Background: Substance abuse disorders are associated with many serious medical and psychiatric problems. Undesirable side effects following drug-assisted treatment occur in drug abusers while sudden discontinuation of drug use can also cause unpleasant symptoms. This study hence investigated the effects of reality therapy (RT) on drug cravings and mental health among clients of therapeutic comm...