The study on the effect of psychotherapy in patients with methadone maintenance treatment / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect of psychotherapy in patients with methadone maintenance treatment.Methods 60 patients accepted drug and 69 patients accepted drug with psychotherapy treatment were evaluated with Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS) in the beginning of psychotherapy therapy and 3 months later.All of them were assessed for heroin use at 3 months after the end of a 3-month treatment period.Results SAS、SDS did not show any significant differences between the two groups in the beginning(P ＞0.05).After 3 months of psychotherapy,the differences in SDS and SAS between the two groups showed statistically significant(t =- 2.858,- 2.465,all P ＜0.05).After 2 months of psychotherapy,the number of relapsing again patients of group psychotherapy treatment was significantly lower than control group(x2 =6.906,5.054,5.100,4.247,all P ＜0.05).Conclusion The mental healthy status of patients with heroin dependence is poor.Psychological treatment plays an important role in short-term prevent hernoin addicts from relapse again.