research on addiction

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of group reality therapy and medication in mood symptoms in addicted patients. Method: This research was conducted on the addict population of Mahabad city. From among this statistical population, the number of 30 patients was selected via voluntary sampling method and they were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. For the comparison of the two approaches, the groups were treated with group reality therapy and medication. Anxiety, Stress, Depression Scale DASS-21 was administered to the participants as the pre-test and post-test. Results: The results showed that mood symptoms in the experimental group under reality therapy have witnessed significant improvement compared to the group under medication. Conclusion: Accordingly, reality therapy can be considered as an appropriate therapeutic approach for the treatment of mood symptoms in drug addicts.