research on addiction

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Objective: This research was conducted to study the effect teaching living skills on reduction of bios attention to the tempting stimuli related to drugs in people who have quit the drag. Method: The design of this study is quasi-experimental. The statistical population is all the quit people who have referred to the clinics and Narcotics Anonymous of East Azarbaijan. There were two groups in this experiment: control and experimental groups. Totally 27 people were studied during the fall and autumn of 2011. The subjects were peered from age, sex (only men) and literacy point of view. Results: In this research, for teaching of life skill to assess the bios attention toward the tempting stimuli related to drugs, the recognition of wards ware used. The ware three sub test and on recognition test. To compare the score of the recognition stage for 3 groups of words for to groups of subjects, the AVCOVA test was used. Conclusion: The findings showed that people who ware taught the living skills in experimental group had less bias attention to drugs in comparison to control group. Finally, people who had little consumption felt more threats in consumption to the control group.

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Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the attention bias about tempting incentives related to opium materials in treated, addicted and normal people. Duration of consumption and treating were also considered. Method: In this causal-comparative study population was all addicted people who were referred to the rehabilitation offices, addiction treatment clinic, rebirthing centers and Narcotics Anonymous of East Azerbaijan. This study consisted of five groups of men, including addicted to opium materials which are divided into two groups namely: long consumption period and people with short consumption period, also, treated people including long term treated and short term treated, and a normal control group. Altogether, 103 selected people were studied. Sample groups were similar in terms of age, education, and sex. For measuring attention bias towards tempting stimuli related opiates, a words recognition test was used. This test included three subtests and one recognition test. The recognition scores for the three categories of words were measured. Results: The findings indicated that there was a difference in attention against opium material incentives between control group and the mild and severe consumers groups. Also there were significant differences between treated people with the short time distance and control group, and control group had less temptation and biases in comparison to the other groups. Finally, those who have mild consumption are threatened more in comparison with the control group. Conclusion: The findings have applied implications.