to evaluate the effectiveness of a relapse prevention cognitive-behavioral model, based on marlatt treatment approach, in opioid-dependent patients participating in the methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) in iran.the study consisted of 92 individuals treated with methadone in iranian national center of addiction studies (incas). participants were randomized into two groups: educational interv...

aim: substance abuse is a substantial threat and problem to public health. the goal of drug abuse treatment is to return people to a productive normal situation in the family, workplace, and community. treatment dropout is one of the major problems, encountered by the treatment programs. the maintenance of treatment is associated with retention in treatment, and many factors are associated with...

background : to identify correlates related to retention time of a cohort study of the opioid-dependent patients participating in the methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) program offered by a major addiction treatment clinic in tehran, iran between april 2007 and march 2011. methods : several parametric survival models assuming weibull, log-normal and log-logistic distributions were compared t...

it could be firmly claimed that, now days, agonist substitution treatments, play an important role in substance dependence treatment. some effective treatment protocols have been designed and suggested regarding substitution treatments with significantly positive outcomes. one simple but very devisable point about such treatments is that treatment would only be effective in case patient remains...

background: the retention rates are important factors in methadone maintenance treatment. this study was performed with aims to determine the attitude and subjective norms in methadone treatment maintenance among kohgilouyeh and boyer ahmad’s province addict who referred addiction treatment centers. methods: this research was a cross-sectional study that done among men’s addicted who are receiv...

BACKGROUND Studies in Europe have suggested that injectable diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in heroin, can be an effective adjunctive treatment for chronic, relapsing opioid dependence. METHODS In an open-label, phase 3, randomized, controlled trial in Canada, we compared injectable diacetylmorphine with oral methadone maintenance therapy in patients with opioid dependence that was re...

OBJECTIVE One of the factors associated with low rates of compliance in the treatment for alcoholism seems to be the intensity of craving for alcohol. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between alcohol craving and biopsychosocial addiction model-related variables and to verify whether these variables could predict treatment retention. METHODS The sample consisted of 257 male alcoho...

Treatment won’t work if it is not administered. Penicillin will not effectively treat streptococcal pneumonia if patients don’t take it, and take it as prescribed. Insulin won’t help a diabetic if it is not used. Cognitive therapy for panic disorder won’t work if all the therapy sessions are missed. And treatment for drug addiction will not work if the addict is not engaged and retained in trea...