Comparing the Effectiveness of Congnitive-Behavioral Group therapy and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy on the Reduction of Risky Behaviors in Opium addicts

The purpose of this study accomplished to comparing the effectiveness of Congnitive-Behavioral Group therapy and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy on the Reduction of Risky Behaviors in opium addicts.

  the method of this research is a quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test plan with a control group. The statistical community includes all of the people dependent on opiates referring to center leaving addiction dependent on healthcare Network City of Saralpul-Zahab that was in the first half of 1396. With method of available sampling 36 people detecting dependency opiates based DSM-5 who people volunteered to receive therapeutic services and eligibility inclusion criteria, randomly )12 people the first test group, 12 people the second test group, 12 people the control group) Were for selected.  Structured clinical interview for DSM-5 clinical version (SCID-5), and structured clinical interview for DSM-5 clinical version (SCID-5-PD) and the questionnaire measurement of craving heroin was used to collect data. The method of MBCT at the 8 meeting 2-hour and The method CBT in 12 sessions  90 minute Was implemented in the pilot groups.

The results showed that between Comparing the Effectiveness of  CBGT and MBCT on the Reduction Risky Behaviors in Opium addicts There is no significant difference. But in comparison with the control group this difference is significant.  

The results showed that CBGT and MBCT is methods of treatment influencing on the Reduction of  Risky Behaviors in Opium addicts.