Comparison of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and metacognitive therapy on substance craving in patients with substance use disorder

Drug abuse, as one of the chronic psychiatric diseases, has become one of the major problems in societies today. The aim of this study is to comparison of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and metacognitive therapy on substance craving in patients with methadone usage care. The present study conducted a semi-test scheme of pre - test and post- test type with a three-month follow-up test with control group. The sample consisted of 60 patients receiving treatment for methadone therapy patients with methadone treatment centers for the second six months of this year, and were randomly assigned to two test groups (experimental group based on acceptance and commitment and metacognitive experimental group) and an alternative control group. Data were collected. It was also used to treat attachment and treatment of metacognitive to carry out the intervention. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS-24 software. The results showed that the acceptance and commitment therapy and metacognitive therapy are effective in reducing craving in patients with methadone usage care (p<0.01). As evidenced by research findings, it can be concluded that the acceptance and commitment therapy is more effective than metacognitive therapy in reducing cravings in substance use disorder patients with methadone usage care.