Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Admission of Treatment Plan in Marijuana, Phencyclidine and Ketamine Abusers

Aim: Drug abuse is one of the most important mental concerns and most harmful social damages in the present time. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on admission of treatment plan in marijuana, phencyclidine and ketamine abusers.
This semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group was performed in 6 addiction treatment centers in Ardabil, Iran, in the fall of 2016. Using available sampling method, 40 samples from marijuana, phencyclidine and ketamine abusers were selected. The DUDIT questionnaire was used for data collection. Data analysis was performed using the ANCOVA covariance analysis in SPSS 21 software.
Findings: In the pre-test, the control and experimental groups had a mean of 107.60±13.02 and 102.05±18.80, respectively (p>0.05). These values were 101.60±17.16 and 140.04±25.55 in the post-test, respectively (p=0.001).
Acceptance and commitment therapy increases the admission of treatment plan in marijuana, phencyclidine and ketamine abusers.