research on addiction

Objective: The main goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of communication skill training on the mental health in mothers with addictive sons.   Method: The method used in this study is semi-experimental whit pre-test and post-test and control group. The statistical society consists of all the mothers with addictive sons whom their children were treating whit methadone in addiction renunciation clinic of Afarinesh (N=198).40people were selected purposefully from among those eligible. Then they were randomly placed in two groups consisting of 20 subjects (experiment group and control group). The experiment group had participated in 8 sessions (Tow sessions per week in 120 min) of communication skill training while the control group had not received any interventions. Assessment instrument was general health questionnaire (GHQ) that was applied on all of subjects in pre-test and post-test. Results: the Mancova analysis indicates that communication skill training significantly (P<0/05) results in increasing mental health components. Conclusion: communication skill training is an useful method to increasing mental health in mothers whit addictive sons.