The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on mental well-being of opiate-consumers
Roonak Mobaraki, Hamzeh Ahmadian, Emad El-din Ezatpour
Chronic Diseases Journal February 26, 2023 DOI: 10.22122/cdj.v8i4.551 (opens in new tab) via DOAJ
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractA pretest-posttest experimental study with 20 opioid users in Sanandaj, Iran found that an 8-session mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention significantly improved mental well-being compared to a control group. The experimental group's mean mental well-being score after the intervention was 177.90 ± 20.14, versus 141.30 ± 19.16 in the control group, a statistically significant difference. The therapy helped participants replace irrational beliefs with reasonable ones, fostering new insights and improved communication with others, thereby enhancing subjective well-being.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Pretest-posttest experimental study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 20 |
| Population | Opioid users in Sanandaj, Iran |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy |
| Duration | 8 sessions of 90 minutes each |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Cognitive therapy Mental competency Opioid-related disorders |
| Key finding | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy significantly improved mental well-being in opioid users compared to a control group. |
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is one of the techniques for shaping behavior and procedure for changing non-adaptive beliefs by using cognitive-behavioral theory to treat addiction disorders. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on mental well-being of opioid users. METHODS: This pretest-posttest experimental study was conducted among drug users in Sanandaj city, Northwest of Iran, during 2016. To conduct the research, 20 participants were selected using available sampling method, and randomly divided into two equal groups of experimental and control. The experimental group received knowledge about cognitive therapy for 8 sessions of 90 minutes. We gathered the data of two study groups using Mental Well-being Questionnaire before and after intervention. Data analyses conducted using independent sample t test. RESULTS: Mindfulness therapy had a significant effect on subjective well-being of opium users. So that, the mean scores of the variable of the overall index of mental well-being in the experimental group (177.90 ± 20.14) was significantly larger than the control group (141.30 ± 19.16) in the posttest with the control of the effect of the pretest (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Findings of the present study suggest that cognitive therapy based on mind-awareness strategies helps people to replace reasonable beliefs with irrational beliefs in order to achieve new insights that seek to communicate with others and improve subjective well-being.