Drug addiction is a serious threat to the health of individuals. Not only does this affect the life of the individual, it also creates many disadvantages and deficits for the family and society. Substance-dependent individuals are considered socially vulnerable. Unfortunately, addiction recurrence has many effects on the individual, society, and family. An individual who returns toward the subs...

Objective: The present research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of self-healing approach-based therapy on self-efficacy and substance-related beliefs in substance-dependent individuals undergoing quitting. Method: The current research was a semi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest and follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all substanc...

Background & Objective: Women’s role as a consumer or as a person who is facing with risks is so important in studies of substance abuse. However, major studies on this field aimed at studying on male population. Therefore, the aim of this study described the pattern of using illegal drugs among women belong to substance abuse control clinic of  Fasa city (south of Iran).Materials & Methods: Th...

Introduction & Objective: This is a descriptive analytical study to assess domestic violence during pregnancy, and its relation to demographic characteristics. Materials & Methods: 400 subjects were randomly selected from among delivered women admitted in Zeinabieh and Hafez hospitals affiliated to Shiraz university of medical sciences. The data were collected by a questionnaire for de...

Objective: Drug addiction is one of the most important health issues due to the difficulty of achieving sustainable treatment and the presence of high relapse rates despite detoxification and psychological interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of neurofeedback in the rate of craving and attentional bias to drug-related stimulants among substance abusers. Method:...