The effectiveness of Schema Therapy on Tendency to Drugs and Regulation Affection in Men Undergoing Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Introduction The aim of this study was the effectiveness of schema therapy on tendency to drugs and Regulation Affection in men undergoing methadone maintenance treatment. Method of the study is an semi experimental by pre-test, post-test and follow-up with a control group, among the men undergoing methadone maintenance treatment who referred to the Shahid Mellatdoost service-support complex, a sample included 30 men were selected through judgment sampling and finaly divided to 2 groups by randomization (15 men in each group), In the course of study 5 men were excluded from the study and 4 men fell. Thus, 11 men in the unified transdiagnostic of emotional disorders treatment group, and 10 men in the control group. The experimental group was exposed to the intervention of 17 sessions of schema therapy, while the control group was not exposed to such intervention. Addiction potential and positive and negative scale Was used to collect data. Research data with the help of software "Spss, and were analyzed using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance with repeated measures.Findings showed that schema therapy was effective in reducing tendency to drugs and regulate affection at the end of treatment and after two months of follow-up. Schema therapy can be used as an effective treatment with methadone therapy to reduce tendency to drugs and regulate affection.