The effectiveness of cognitive intervention on the Relapse of addiction and general health of drug addicts referred to the 60th Congress of Tehran

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the cognitive intervention on the Relapse of addiction and general health of drug addicts referred to the 60th Congress in Tehran. The research design was quasi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with a control group. The study's statistical population included all male substance abuse patients referred to the 60th Congress of Tehran in 2020. From the above community, 30 people were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received cognitive intervention training in eight sessions of 90 minutes (one session per week), during which time the control group did not receive any intervention. Research instruments included the Prediction Return Scale (PRC) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that cognitive intervention significantly affected the recurrence of addiction and the general health of drug addicts (p<0.05). Therefore, cognitive intervention is an effective way to reduce the Relapse of addiction and increase the public health of people addicted to the 60th Congress.