Comparesion Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral therapyMatrix model versus hypnotherapy matrix model treatment on Craving, anxiety and depression in patients with methamphetamine addiction

Methamphetamine is known as a stimulant substance that has the possibility of being abused. Addiction to this substance can cause problems such asdysfunctions in sleeping, anorexia, heart diseases and Parkinson.The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT) with hypnotherapy on anxiety, depression and temptation to use this drug.Method:This study was conducted on patients who used to visit an addiction clinic in Ghaemshahr,Mazandaran Provence. 26 patients participated in this study were separated into two groups. One group was under CBT(group A) for 24 sessions and the other one was under hypnotherapy plus CBT(group B). Questionnaire checklists for anxiety(spiegel burger), depression(beck) and temptation to use drug were used for two groups who had been taking it for 3 months before and after that. Covariance method was used to analyze Our Data RESULT:Our results shows that both methods are useful to decrease the temptation to drugs,anxiety and depression in patients who are addicted to methamphetamine. There is a significant difference between group A and group B after 3 months at the end of the study(P< 0.05).Conclusion:Hypnotherapy is a technique which induces a deeply relaxed state that causes a behavioral change in patients who were addicted to methamphetamine to decrease their drug abusing condition.Furthermore, combining Hypnotherapy with CBT can have far more therapeutic effects than CBT alone

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Cognitive behavioral therapy ، methamphetamine ، hypnotherapy