The Investigation of Mental Health of Meth Addicts Referring to Treatment Centers

Industrial drug abuse is one of the biggest problems in communities that are seen as a threat. The aim of this study was investigation of mental health of meth addicted referring to treatment centers. The method of current research in descriptive and 154 male meth addicted referring to the public and private addiction treatment centers in Sanandaj city were selected through available sampling method and responded to SCL-90-R. The gathered data were analyzed by SPSS-18. Results suggest that crystal addicted is in an unpleasant situation in all aspects of psychological disorders. Also The General Symptom Index (GSI) showed 5.84 percent of addicts have no psychological disorder, 14.93 percent with mild impairment, 21.42 percent with moderate impairment and 57.79 percent of the subjects had severe disorder. According to the results of current research it can be concluded that, crystal addicted are in a severe situation in psychological disorders and Interventions need to be taken in order to improve them in addiction treatment centers.