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Abstracto

Survey of Mental Health Indicators in Individuals with Substance Use Disorder and Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Kambiz Kamkari, Mohammad Eskandari, Shohreh Shokrzadeh, Hasan Tavajjohi

Purpose: The purpose of the present Research is to Research mental health indicators in the clients of addiction treatment centers in Tehran.

Method: The present Research is a cross-sectional descriptive Research; the population of the present Research consists of all the people hospitalized in the addiction treatment centers of Tehran, from which 120 people were selected as a sufficient sample size using available sampling method. The instrument of the current research is the cross-cutting symptom measure.

Results: The mental health status of all patients in addiction treatment centers in Tehran, in all 13 scales of the current research instrument (depression, anger, mania, anxiety, somatic symptoms, suicidal thoughts, psychosis, sleep problems, memory, repetitive thoughts and behaviours, dissociation, personality functions and substance use) are at a mild and severe level. And a significant percentage of these people need counselling or psychotherapy services.

Discussion: According to the findings of the present research, psychological services can be taken to benefit people with substance use disorder from counselling and psychotherapy services, so that finally the percentage of returning to use can be reduced.