research on addiction

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral coping skills training and mindfulness-based relapse prevention program in the improvement of treatment motivation among drug dependent individuals. Method: An experimental research design along with pretest-posttest control group was used in this study. The drug dependent individuals who referred to drug addiction centers in Ardabil in the first half of 2015 constituted the statistical population of this study. from among this population, the number of 60 subjects was selected via ransom cluster sampling method and participated in this study. In the next stage, the sample units were palced into three groups, namely cognitive-behavioral coping skills (n = 20), mindfulness-based relapse prevention (n = 20), and control group (n = 20). Then, Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES) was administered to the tehree groups as the pre-test. Thaerafter, therapeutic interventions were performed on the experimental groups and, eventually, all the three groups responded to this questionnaire as the post-test. Results: The results showed that there is a difference between the three groups in the post-test mean scores of Taking Steps, Recognition. The results Bonferroni post-hoc test showed that both treatment methods were equally effective in the increase of Recognition; however, mindfulness-based relapse prevention program was more effective in improving Taking Steps. Conclusion: The results of this study emphasize the need for using training methods of cognitive-behavioral coping skills and mindfulness-basrelapse prevention program as complementary methods to medical treatment in drug dependent patients under treatment.