The Effectiveness of Matrix Treatment to Relapse prevention and Increase Self-Efficacy in People Withdrawing Methamphetamine
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 8
Abstract
Given the prevalence of narcotic substances and their effect on mental health of society people, it is important to pay attention the matter and adopt an approach for its treatment. The research objective is to examine the effectiveness of matrix treatment on prevent relapsing and increase self-efficacy in people withdrawing methamphetamine. In a quasi-experimental design, methamphetamine users who referred to addiction treatment centers on west of Gilanin 2015 and were eligible for involving criteria completed theself efficacy questionnaire. Then among those who got low scores on this questionnaire, there were randomly selected 30 patients that were divided into experimental and control groups (15 patients for each group). The experimental group was treated for 18 weeks and two sessions per week (36 sessions) using matrix therapeutic model. The control group remained on waiting list. Both groups completed self-efficacy questionnaire at baseline, end and 90 days later (follow-up stage) with urine test. The control group remained on waiting list and there were assigned only common drug treatment in the withdrawal centers. The research data was analyzed using covariance analysis and SPSS22 software. The results showed efficiency of matrix treatment method in preventing relapse and increasing self-efficacy for people withdrawal methamphetamine, which this difference was statistically significant (p<0.5). Matrix-based treatmentis effective for relapse prevention and increasing self-efficacy for people withdrawal methamphetamine.
Authors and Affiliations
Siamak Ghasemnezhad| Master of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Sari, Iran, Dariush Ghasemian| Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Sari, Iran, Bahram Gheytarani| Master of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran, Fatemeh Ghorbani| General Practitioner, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Shahrbanoo Ghahari| PhD, Assistant professor of clinical psychology, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Center of Excellence in psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Department of Mental Health Tehran, Iran, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Corresponding Email: ghahhari.sh@iums.ac.ir
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