Open AccessThe effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on the burden in drug dependent persons' caregivers: A randomized controlled clinical trial
Author(s) -
Maryam Faghih,
Saeid Pahlavanzadeh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2228-5504
pISSN - 1735-9066
DOI - 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_86_18
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , medicine , caregiver burden , clinical trial , cognition , repeated measures design , mental health , cognitive behavioral therapy , clinical psychology , psychiatry , physical therapy , dementia , disease , statistics , mathematics
Drug dependence is one of the current problems that leads to the drug dependents persons' suffer and imposes a huge mental burden to their family members. This study aimed investigating to determine the effect of cognitive- behavioral therapy (CBT) on the burden of the caregivers of drug dependent people. In CBT, caregivers discover thought and behavioral mistakes and recover them.