purpose: non-addict wives who are discordant with theirhusbands in substance use encounter many problems andexperience considerable stress in their life. in the present study weaimed to investigate the effectiveness of life skills instruction incoping skills of non-addict wives who were discordant with theirhusbands in substance use. materials and method: thirty women who did not use problem-fo...

Article history: Received date: 28 August, 2016 Review date: 7 October 2016 Accepted date:25 October 2016 Printed online:1 September Purpose: The initiation of anti-bullying movements in school’s dates back to nearly three decades ago in some countries. Despite the importance of such a movement and its grave implications for education systems, no particular program or action has been...

article history: received date: 28 august, 2016 review date: 7 october 2016 accepted date:25 october 2016 printed online:1 september purpose: the initiation of anti-bullying movements in school’s dates back to nearly three decades ago in some countries. despite the importance of such a movement and its grave implications for education systems, no particular program or action has been organized ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Substance use disorder (SUD) has increased among women, including military veterans, yet SUD treatment was historically designed for males. This randomized controlled trial compared 12 individual sessions of a gender-focused SUD recovery model, A Woman's Path to Recovery (WPR) to an evidence-based, non-gender-focused SUD model, 12-Step Facilitation (TSF) for 66 women v...

one of the most important factors affecting relapse of addiction is craving beliefs of substance use. the goal of the present study was assessment of the effectiveness of coping skills education program to reduce craving beliefs among opium addicts.in a randomized controlled trial, during september 2011 to august 2012, 70 opium addicted men referred to the behavioral disorders and substance abu...

objective: many psychodynamic oriented psychotherapists believe that people do not become addicted without a reason they use drugs to avoid painful feelings, thoughts and memories. the present study examines the relationship between the level of dissociation, substance dependence disorder and other psychiatric disorder. methods: in a descriptive study on prisoners of adel-abad prison, shiraz, i...

BACKGROUND One of the most important factors affecting relapse of addiction is craving beliefs of substance use. The goal of the present study was assessment of the effectiveness of coping skills education program to reduce craving beliefs among opium addicts. METHODS In a randomized controlled trial, during September 2011 to August 2012, 70 opium addicted men referred to the Behavioral Disor...

Introduction: Substance abuse is one of the health, medical, and social problems in today’s world that affects more or less all societies. Adolescence is one of the riskiest periods of life in terms of beginning high-risk behaviors such as drug use. Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship between social skills and attitudes towards substance abuse in high school adolescent...

objectives : stressful life events, coping strategies and attitude towards life have been known as important components in tendency toward substance abuse. this study investigates coping patterns and dysfunctional attitudes among a group of clients at mashhad welfare center as substance abusers comparing with those of control group. method: 50 male substance abusers were selected randomly and m...

BACKGROUND Cognitive-behavioral coping approach is known as an effective strategy to preventing relapse. Its goal is to forget incompatible behaviors and replaces them with the compatible answers. OBJECTIVES This study examines relapse coping strategies in young adults in selected substance abuse treatment centers in Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS The present is a descriptive cross-sectional st...