In a survey of 322 patients enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in a Northeastern United States urban community, more than one-third (36.3%) of patients reported being 100% abstinent from alcohol and illicit drug use in the past year. Continuous abstinence was associated with a longer duration of MMT treatment, but there was no significant association between abstinence and past-y...

The purpose of this study is to assess the factors affecting  membership satisfaction in Andimeshk, using the Cochran Formula  with 260 people as sample size. Significant relationship between the variables for the statistical tests like Summer's D, Kendall, and Spearman and multivariate regression analysis and path analysis were mental health of family and social levels, and eliminating or cont...

Indonesia still has a fairly high rate of drug abuse. Some limitations in management strategies Indonesia, such as obstacles to intervention prisons and lack involvement recovery from addicts, can be overcome by the existence alternative treatment strategies. One recommended rehabilitation methods is sponsorship Narcotics Anonymous. This method allows addict process addiction trigger desire con...

Facilitating patients' involvement with 12-step self-help organizations, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), is often a goal of substance abuse treatment. Twelve-step-facilitation (TSF) interventions have been found to be more effective than comparison treatments in increasing patients' 12-step group involvement and in promoting abstinence. Future TSF evaluation rese...

Background: Methamphetamine is a highly addictive psychostimulant. Narcotics also reduce anxiety and aggression create kind of euphoria. These characteristics provide special attraction for the abuse these substances sexual behaviors, by that, high-risk behaviors. Objectives: The current research intended to compare impact methamphetamine narcotics on Patients Methods: This comparative study wa...