Metacognitive abilities in adults with substance abuse treated in therapeutic community.

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

The Efficacy of Therapeutic Community on Life Skills Improvement and Reduction of Relapse in Male Addicts

Background & Aims:Therapeutic community(TC) is an approach that its primaryaim is to help people with problems of substance abuse. The aim of the present study was to examine the efficacy of TC in the improvement of life skills and reduction of relapse in male addicts. Method: This research was a quasi-experimental study by using pre-post tests and Follow-up.Research population constitutes all ...

Therapeutic Community Effectiveness on Self-Esteem and Relapse Rate among Drug Users

Objective: In recent years, the Therapeutic Community(TC) has become a widespread treatment alternative for drug addicts. TC have been widely studied with emphasis on thair effectiveness. The aims of the present study was to examined effectiveness of TC on self esteem and decrease of relapse. Materials & Methods: Research Statistics universe constitutes of all the substance abusers who have ...

A Peer Support Scale for Adults Treated for Psychoactive Substance–Use Disorder: A Rasch Analysis

UNLABELLED The literature suggests that peer support is protective of relapse for adults treated for substance-use disorder. However, to our knowledge there is no standard measure of peer support. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to use Rasch analysis to assess a 13-item peer support scale used in a group of adults treated for primary psychoactive substance-abuse disorder. The partic...

The Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Instable Personality in Substance Abusers

Background: Substance dependence has recently turned into one of the most important social problems. Clinical findings have shown personality traits, social relations, attitudes and values, along with emotional intelligence factors such as emotions, feelings, emotions management, challenging with problems, problem solving, tolerating psychological pressure, impulse control, self esteem and inte...