THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP COGNITIVE THERAPY, BASED ON MIND –CONSCIOUSNESS ON INCOMPATIBLE SCHEMAS AND RELAPSE TO DRUG USE IN DRUG-DEPENDENT PERSONS

Abstract

This study is a quasi- experimental method using pre-test and post-test with control group and experimental group. In this project, the subjects were randomly selected and with the same method were assigned in two groups. Before the implementation of the independent variable, the selected subjects, in both groups, completed a questionnaire long-term schema by young, and after8 meetings per a week, a 90 minutes meeting was held for experimental group with group cognitive therapy based-on mind-consciousness. The findings of the research showed that this model has been effective in prevention of the relapse to drug use in addicts. In other words, the rate of relapse in people who received the training in comparison with the control group significantly declined. At the end of the treatment there was a difference between the scores before and after treatment in incompatible schemas in control and experimental group.