Effects of brief cognitive behavioral therapy on mental health in substance-related disorder: a randomized controlled trial
Seyed Mohammad Amin Alavi, Reza Davasaz Irani, Payam Fattahi, Sirus Pakseresht · 2023
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Seyed Mohammad Amin Alavi and three co-authors test whether brief cognitive behavioral therapy improves the mental health of people with opioid use disorder. Their 2023 trial notes that such therapy plus medication is the standard of care, but long courses are hard to deliver. Forty patients at a drop-in center in Iran were split evenly between methadone care alone and methadone plus four sessions of the therapy.
General health was scored with a standard twenty-eight-item questionnaire before and after. The therapy group improved on anxiety and insomnia, the one clear gain. Depression, bodily symptoms, and social functioning did not move, and the overall scores of the two groups stayed close. The authors conclude that a brief course helps some parts of mental health, above all anxiety and sleep, but is no full answer on its own. The trial was registered in the Iranian registry.
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| CREATOR | Seyed Mohammad Amin Alavi, Reza Davasaz Irani, Payam Fattahi, Sirus Pakseresht |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |