Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in methadone maintenance treatment patients

Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Emotion regulation strategies, Distress tolerance, Craving and Depression of patients receiving Methadone Maintain Therapy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20170314033079N3

Enrollment

Registered

2017-12-17

Start date

2017-06-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids. Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Dialectical Behavior Therapy- Skills Training (DBT-ST). Intervention 2: Control group: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).

Behavior

Treatment - Drugs

Intervention group: Dialectical Behavior Therapy- Skills Training (DBT-ST)

Control group: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Being masculine Recent opiates dependency (opium, heroin) Negative morphine test Education at least third grade middle school

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Unwillingness to participate in the study Positive morphine test in at least three weeks (relapse) Absence more than 4 session Having severe psychotic disorders Having antisocial personality disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Distress tolerance. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Distress tolerance Scale (DTS).;Craving. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Obsessive Compulsive Drug Use Scale (OCDUS).;Depression. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II).;Positive Affect. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale (PANAS).;Negative Affect. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale (PANAS).	—

Measure

Time frame

Distress tolerance. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Distress tolerance Scale (DTS).;Craving. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Obsessive Compulsive Drug Use Scale (OCDUS).;Depression. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II).;Positive Affect. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale (PANAS).;Negative Affect. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale (PANAS).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Emotion Regulation Strategies. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionaire (CERQ-P).;Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Emotion Regulation Questionaire.;Defficulity in Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Defficulities in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS).	—

Measure

Time frame

Emotion Regulation Strategies. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionaire (CERQ-P).;Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Emotion Regulation Questionaire.;Defficulity in Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Defficulities in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS).

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactZeinab Rezaei

Kashan University of Medical Sciences

Zeinab.rezaie90@yahoo.com+98 31 5554 2999

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026