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Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to Increase Perceived Social Support in Patients with Substance Abuse (a Treatment Model in Prevention of Substance Abuse)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

S. Hashemi  and
S.A.R.A. Hashemi
S. Hashemi
Affiliation:
health psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
S.A.R.A. Hashemi
Affiliation:
health psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction

The people who seem to have less social support And suffer lack of multiple social supports are more likely at risk to drug abuse.

Materials and Methods

This research was an experimental with pre-test post-test design with randomly assigned 30 patients referred to drug addiction treatment centers in experimental and control groups. present aim at testing the effect of eight, 2- hour sessions of stress management training based on cognitive behavioral techniques. Subjects were tested at the beginning and at the end of the project with (SSQ).

Results

Study findings showed that the subjects of experimental group that were under the intervention(training)compared with control group showed significantly better scores and test effectiveness.

Discussion

Interventions based on cognitive – behavioral approaches, is effective treatment that it can alters behavioral and cognitive factors associated with substance abuse and be as an efficient model for the prevention of drug abuse and also after treatment.

Keywords

Cognitive-BehavioralPerceived Social SupportSubstance AbusePrevention Model
Type
Article: 1101
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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