International Journal of Neurorehabilitation

Masoumeh Shirali

Publications

• Research Article
  The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy on Decrease in Addiction Relapse in Randomly Assigned Addicts under Drug Therapy: A Statistical Analysis
  Author(s): Tahereh Mesrahi, Mohammadreza Sedighi and Masoumeh ShiraliTahereh Mesrahi, Mohammadreza Sedighi and Masoumeh Shirali
  
  In order to study the effect of group therapy on decrease in addiction relapse, two groups, experimental and control group were used. The study population included all drug addicts referred to Addiction Quitting Center of Karaj. Twenty four of them who referred to center and received methadone were chosen as a convenient sample. Among them, a 12 person group participated in group therapy in addition to receiving methadone. Subjects were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. In order to collect data, questionnaires were used that provided demographic information including age, education, the age when drug abuse began, marital status, occupation, the type of drugs being abused and the abusing method, and also a morphine test in order to measure relapse times during therapy period. In order to carry out a descriptive analysis for subjects based on demogr.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0281.1000214

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