Comparing the effectiveness of short-term intensive psychodynamic therapy and participation in the Narcotics Anonymous group on reducing the anxiety of drug abusers

 The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of short-term intensive psychodynamic therapy and participation in the Narcotics Anonymous group on reducing the anxiety of drug abusers.

 This was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The population of the statistical population includes all men with substance use disorder who have been available from Mehr 1401 to May 1402 to de-addiction camps under the supervision of Tehran Province Welfare Organization and NA groups and randomly divided into two experimental groups and one group Controls were placed. Beck's anxiety questionnaire was used to collect data. The experimental groups were subjected to short-term intensive psychodynamic therapy and Narcotics Anonymous group for 30 sessions of 45 minutes, and the control group did not receive any intervention.

  The results showed that the difference between the experimental group and the control group was significant in the two treatments and short-term intensive psychodynamic therapy had a greater effect on reducing anxiety in people with substance use disorder (p<0.001).

 Based on the findings, it can be concluded that people with substance use disorder can achieve more anxiety regulation by learning what is considered in short-term intensive psychodynamic therapy, but short-term intensive psychodynamic techniques are more effective than the group of drug addicts anonymous. (NA) are successful in this matter.