Comparison of Mental Health on Two Groups of Drug Withdrawal and Self-Help and Methadone Therapy

Paying attention to the mental health of addicts during addiction recovery is an important and valuable issue for success in addiction recovery. The general purpose of this research is to compare the mental health components of Na addicts and methadone addicts in Tehran. The statistical population includes all the people who came for treatment in the drug addiction treatment centers under the welfare support of Tehran, as well as the addicts who participated in the meetings of NA addicts, whose period of 3 months has passed since the start of the treatment. Sampling was done by the available method from among the above two groups and 50 people were selected from each group. In this research, Keys' mental health questionnaire (2002) was used to evaluate the investigated variables. The results of the research showed that the level of overall mental health and its components in Na addicts is higher than in people treated with methadone. According to the obtained results, it seems that among the treatment methods used to get rid of drug addiction, if counseling and group therapy are used in a systematic and regular manner along with drug therapy, the possibility of success in the treatment is more and the possibility of slipping and returning to Re-use decreases in drug withdrawal individuals. It is suggested to pay more attention to the issue of mental health of addicted people during addiction treatment, and also with the help of families of addicts who are quitting, more attention can be paid to their mental health to increase the effectiveness of drug addiction in these people.