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Study of Effectiveness of Group Supportive Psychotherapy using Interpersonal psychotherapy Method in Reducing Anxiety during Addiction Recovery
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1Department of Family Counseling 1, and Department of Career Counseling 2, in Allameh Tabataba’I University, Tehran, Iran, Iran
2Department of Family Counseling 1, and Department of Career Counseling 2, in Allameh Tabataba’I University, Tehran, Iran., Iran
Published online:Dec 12, 2015
Article type:Research Article
Received:Jun 03, 2017
Accepted:Nov 07, 2015
How to Cite:Malekitabar M, Kazemi M, riahi M. Study of Effectiveness of Group Supportive Psychotherapy using Interpersonal psychotherapy Method in Reducing Anxiety during Addiction Recovery. Ann Mil Health Sci Res. 2015;13(4):e14481. doi:
Abstract
Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of group supportive psychotherapy by Interpersonal psychotherapy method in reducing anxiety of addicts who are quitting. Materials and Methods: Among rehabilitation centers for drug abusers in Isfahan, a total of 30 addicted patients in the process of withdrawal were selected by convenience sampling, and randomly divided into two groups of 15 people as test and 15 people as control subjects. Beck Anxiety Inventory was set-up in order to do a pre-test. The subjects in experiment group participated in 8 sessions of Interpersonal psychotherapy. Results: The results showed that group supportive psychotherapy by Interpersonal psychotherapy method could significantly decrease anxiety in experiment group (P = 001). Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it can be said that group supportive psychotherapy by Interpersonal psychotherapy method can decrease anxiety in addicts quitting the addiction.
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© 2015, Annals of Military and Health Sciences Research. This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which allows for the copying and redistribution of the material only for noncommercial purposes, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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