Bafandegan Moojaver V and Yaghobi AsgharAbad E
Islamic Azad University of Neyshabur, Iran
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Neurol Neurophysiol
Background & Objectives: The frequent comorbidity of depression disorder and substance use disorders (SUD) is welldocumented.
Metacognitive therapy is designed as a treatment to influence cognitive-attention syndrome, metacognitive
processes, knowledge of its stimulating and action on the cognitive subsystem. The aim of present study was to investigate
effect of metacognitive therapy on depressed addicts on methadone maintenance treatment in Mashhad.
Methods & Materials: Of the 75 addicts receiving methadone the sample was included 24 participants who were assigned by
random sampling in experimental (N=12) and control group (N=12). Addicts were completed Beck depression short inventory
(BDI-13) in the pre-test, post-test. Data were analyzed by the SPSS 16 and presented with covariance (ANCOVA) test. Alpha
level less than 0.05 was considered significance ( p<0.05).
Findings: Analysis of ANCOVA showed that there are significant differences between experimental and control group based
on depression (f=184.8, p<0.001) in post-test stage.
Conclusion: Results suggest that metacognitive therapy could be a short and effective treatment. Thus the thoughts and feelings
without judgment and evaluation are done with the help of mental imagery. Additionally it is consistent with a detached
mindfulness conceptualization of problematic abuse behavior and further add to our understanding of the role of specific
metacognitions and mindfulness across the continuum of abuse behavior and mood disorders.
Vahid Bafandegan got his degree in Chemistry. After this he had completed his master education from Islamic Azad University, Torbat Jam. Now he is studying PhD Psychology in Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur. He work in the center of addict as Director and therapist in Therapeutic Community (TC) Mashhad. He has published more than 10 papers in journals so far. He mainly the cure of existentialism than others approach. He has published more than 10 papers in journals.
E-mail: vahid_bafandegan@yahoo.com
