Determining the efficacy of social skills training in treatment of drug addiction in patients refering to Tehran Clinic

Document Type : Original article

Authors

1 MSc of Occupational therapy. Tehran.Iran.

2 Psychiatrist. Assistant professor of university of welfare & rehabilitation sciences.Tehran.Iran.

3 Psychiatrist. Assistant professor of university of welfare & rehabilitation sciences. Tehran.Iran. (corresponding author)

4 PHD Student of occupational therapy, Academic member dept. of occupational therapy, university of welfare & rehabilitation sciences. Tehran.Iran

5 PHD Student of biostatistics ,Tarbiat Modares University. Tehran.Iran.

Abstract

Background and Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of group social skill training on drug abuse treatment prognosis.
Materials & Methods :To achieve this goal, 20 available subjects residing at Tehran Clinic were selected. These subjects were randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in ten 2-hour sessions and were trained social skills ,and the control group was in the waiting list. Measurement tools consisted of ACIS Questionnaireand laboratory test; Both experimental and control groups were subjected to pre and post tests. Data were analyzed using paired t test, independent t test, Mann-Whitney u test. 
Results: Results indicated that, the communication and interaction skills in experimental group had  improved significantly  in comparison with control group, also  in the control group of a person suffering from lapse , but none of those two groups relapsed after 1- month follow up.
 
Conclusion: According to our results it can be concluded that social skills training can be used as a suitable tool to increase communication and interaction skills.

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The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
March and April 2012
Pages 63-72

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  • Receive Date: 24 October 2010
  • Revise Date: 04 February 2011
  • Accept Date: 22 May 2011
  • First Publish Date: 20 March 2012

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