فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: HIV positive drug addict are in need of extensive social support to be able to fight against the destructive effects of this disease including the resulting mental and physical problems. Objectives: The present research has been designed to study the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral trainings with an emphasis on spirituality to improve the mental health of this group of individuals in the society. Results: The result of the present research showed that cognitive-behavioral trainings with an emphasis on spirituality were effective for improving quality of life, regarding general aspects of mental and physical health, sub-scales of general health, physical performance, the performance of role, physical pain, social performance, energy, stress and, cognitive performance of HIV positive drug addicts (P < 0.01). Conclusions: It can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral and spiritual training was effective for the improvement of mental health of HIV positive drug addicts.