matrix treatment

The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of matrix therapy on reducing the temptation of stimulant drug users under treatment. In this research, a semi-experimental method with a pre-test and post-test design was used with a control group, and the statistical population consisted of 70 male stimulant drug users who referred to the addiction treatment centers of Mashhad in the first six months of 2022. 30 of them were selected by the available sampling method and based on the research entry criteria, and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups of 15 people. The tools used in this research were Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaire (2003) and Salehi Federdi et al.'s drug temptation questionnaire (2007). The experimental group received matrix therapy for 24 sessions of 120 minutes, two sessions a week, and the control group did not receive training, and data analysis was done using the covariance analysis method based on SPSS 25 software. The findings showed that matrix treatment can create a significant difference in the mean scores of resilience and the temptation to use of patients and lead to an increase in resilience and a decrease in the temptation to use of the experimental group in the post-test (P<0.001). The result of this research shows that the matrix therapy has a good practical ability to increase resilience and reduce the temptation to use stimulants and can be used as a beneficial treatment option by psychologists

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Lazarus multifaceted treatment and matrix treatment on indications for treatment of drug abuse.

The research method was semi-experimental (pre-test-post-test) and the statistical population included all addicts under treatment in Isfahan in 2020, from which 45 people were selected by random sampling and randomly placed in three groups. Research tools included positive-negative mood scale, personal goals questionnaire, drug use temptation questionnaire after quitting and irrational thinking test. The obtained data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance.

The results showed that the multifaceted treatment of Lazarus improved all the indicators of treatment except the temptation to re-use and the treatment of the matrix improved all the indicators except the irrational thinking of expecting approval from others and the temptation to re-use. Also, the results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean of Lazarus multidimensional treatment group and the mean of matrix treatment group in positive mood, negative mood, irrational thinking, helplessness against change, irrational thinking, expecting approval from others, irrational thinking, avoidance problem and irrational irresponsible thinking in favor with Lazarus Multidimensional Treatment Group. While there is no significant difference between the mean of Lazarus multidimensional treatment group and Matrix treatment group in adaptive motivation temptation to re-use.

As a result, it is suggested that psychologists of addiction treatment centers use Lazarus multifaceted treatment method according to the studied variables.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of matrix treatment and modern group reality therapy based on choice theory on resilience and social adjustment in methamphetamine-dependent men who are treated with buprenorphine.

The research was a experimental study with a pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of All meth-amphetamine-dependent men who received buprenorphine-preserving treatment and referred to addiction centers in Tehran in the winter of 1397. 45 participant were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two groups of experimental and a control group. In all three groups, patients' resilience and social adjustment were assessed through the Special questionnaires. The first group received matrix treatment therapy in 14 sessions, and the second group received 8 sessions of modern group reality therapy based on choice theory, but the third group did not receive training And were only under buprenorphine-preserving treatment. Then again, in the post-test, resilience and social adjustment were assessed for all three groups. Data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis.

The findings of the study showed that matrix therapy and group reality therapy were effective on the resilience and social adjustment of patients (p <0.01). Also, the difference in the effectiveness of the two treatments was significant (p <0.01). And matrix therapy was more effective than the reality therapy in both variables.

Given the fact that the matrix model is a combination of cognitive-behavioral programs, coping skills, family education and community groups, it is recommended to be widely used in the treatment of patients with methamphetamine.