The Impact of Drug Addicts on Mental Health and Effectiveness of Conservative Treatment on it in Isfahan City

The present study aims to investigate the impact of drug addicts on mental health andeffectiveness of conservative treatment on it in Isfahan city. The study is quasi- experimentalwith pre-test and post-test with two groups. The population of the city in the 2014 study wasdrug addicts. Sample survey of 36 people who were addicted to the drug rehabilitation centerin four of the five was referred. Methadone or buprenorphine were treated with the doctor.The instruments used in the questionnaire of 28 questions (GHQ28), respectively. It iscompleted at the beginning of the pre-test. After three months of treatment, the two groupswere assessed. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.97. In order to perform dataanalysis and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) dependent t-test was used. Theresults showed that the pre-test and post-test scores in both groups were significantlydifferent. The type of narcotic substance had significant effects on general health (≤0.01).

کلیدواژه ها:

Buprenorphine ، Methadone ، Addicts ، Public Health ، Maintenance Treatment