Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on increasing self-efficacy and sustainability of patients undergoing methadone treatment

The present study has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of cognitive - behavioral therapy onion creasing self- efficacy and sustainability of patients treated with methadone.
In this study, 60 patients undergoing methadone treatment in two drug rehabilitation centers in Zirkooh and harmr education center of Zirkooh were examined using random sampling in the two experimental groups(n = 30) and control (n = 30). The experimental group received 12 sessions of cognitive-behavioral in Carol style and the control group only received methadone. All subject sat baseline and during the study (after receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy) completed self-efficacy and sustainability questionnaires and the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy was evaluated.
The results showed that cognitive and behavioral therapy had a positive effect on the patients undergoing methadone treatment (f= 52.700, p0.05). But there was a significant statistical relationship between examining of sustain ability in the two groups (f=11.92, p cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective in increasing self-efficacy and sustainability in patients undergoing methadone treatment.