conclusions our results showed that many personal, familial, and social factors play a role in addiction relapse. the high prevalence of return to addiction necessitates further strategies for the more optimal control of these factors. patients and methods in this descriptive study, 146 addicts referring to addiction treatment centers in the iranian city of ahvaz were selected via purposive and...

to evaluate the effectiveness of a relapse prevention cognitive-behavioral model, based on marlatt treatment approach, in opioid-dependent patients participating in the methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) in iran.the study consisted of 92 individuals treated with methadone in iranian national center of addiction studies (incas). participants were randomized into two groups: educational interv...

conclusions based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that self-efficacy beliefs and social support play effective roles in preventing patients from addiction relapse. results findings revealed significant differences between participants without relapse and participants with relapse in terms of “self-efficacy beliefs” and “social support”. the two variables of self-efficacy belie...

substance use disorder is conceptualized as a chronic relapsing condition where relapse is usually defined as the return to problematic substance use following treatment. an issue of great importance is the identification of the predictors of relapse and the development of treatments that may help prevent relapse. one of the strongest predictors of relapse is craving. the purpose of the present...

background: the retention rates are important factors in methadone maintenance treatment. this study was performed with aims to determine the attitude and subjective norms in methadone treatment maintenance among kohgilouyeh and boyer ahmad’s province addict who referred addiction treatment centers. methods: this research was a cross-sectional study that done among men’s addicted who are receiv...

background emotional conditions governing the family and patients’ perceived social support play important roles in the treatment or relapse process of the chronic disease. objectives the current study aimed to investigate the role of family expressed emotion and perceived social support in prediction of addiction relapse. patients and methods the descriptive-correlation method was used in the ...

purpose: to ascertain the role of social support and positive affect in prediction of addiction relapse. materials and methods: the research method was a causal-comparison. population included all the clients seeking for medical advice in the centers for addiction treatment in saravan and iranshar. the sample includes 186 participants (83 participants had no relapse and 83 participants had rela...

background: one of the major challenges in current methadone maintenance treatment retention rates in the treatment and prevention of relapse addiction. the aim of this study was determine the factors influencing relapse based on health belief model. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 384 patients on methadone maintenance treatment referred to addiction clinic in hamadan, whic...

Relapse to uncontrolled use of a psychoactive substance is arguably the single most defining characteristic of an addiction. Relapse following addiction treatment is very common with serious consequences to individuals, families, and the public system of care, making predictors of relapse a highly significant area of study. Before the turn of the century, most of the addiction treatment outcome...

Substance use disorder is conceptualized as a chronic relapsing condition where relapse is usually defined as the return to problematic substance use following treatment. An issue of great importance is the identification of the predictors of relapse and the development of treatments that may help prevent relapse. One of the strongest predictors of relapse is craving. The purpose of the present...