پیشگیری از سوءمصرف مواد: نقش بهزیستی معنوی

Substance abuse can be considered as a biological, psychological, social and spiritual phenomenon. Unfortunately, contemporary youth may turn to substance abuse to escape from individual and social problems. Substance abuse is one of the social and public health problems that imposes considerable burden on the community. Substance dependence leads to unemployment, crime, family problems, and transmission of disease. Substance dependence is a multifactorial disorder with a chronic and recurrent trend and also preventable and treatable. Identifying the factors associated with substance abuse is essential and contributes to prevention. Well-being as a multidimensional concept involves several dimensions such as spiritual dimension and is associated with substance abuse. The present study aimed to investigate the role of spiritual well-being in preventing substance abuse. This study was a review research and dealth with the assessment of spiritual well-being and its relationship with substance abuse. Spiritual well-being is a combination of religious, social and psychological factors. Spiritual well-being leads to an individual’s adaptation to life-threatening events such as chronic illnesses and is considered as one of the main factors in improving the quality of life. A review of theoretical and research fundamentals shows that there is a negative relationship between spiritual well-being and the tendency to substance abuse. Also, spiritual well-being plays an important role in preventing substance abuse through its direct and indirect impacts on the individual psychological aspects. Accordingly, it can be said that planning for the promotion of spiritual well-being in adolescents and young people leads to the promotion of quality of life and mental health and thereby avoids the tendency to substance abuse. In sum, it can be concluded that the spiritual factors play a very important role and are considered as a protective factor in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.