comparisson the comorbidity of cognitive deficits in  treatment seeking and non-treatment seeking addicts

mohammadali sadeghipourmeybodi¹ soheila kaghazgaran² saina sadeghipourmeybodi³

1) naein azad university
2) sau yazd university
3) ssu yazd university

IOI Code : XEEG-HBDGE
Publication : First National Congress of Neuroscience and Psychology Studies(cnps.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of this study was to compare the comorbidity of and cognitive deficits in treatment seeking and non-treatment seeking addicts. A comparative causal method was used to compare the comorbidity of cognitive deficits in two groups (treatment seeking and non-treatment seeking group). The statistical population of the study included all individuals with opioid use disorder in Meybod city in 1398-1399. In order to compare the treatment seeking and non-treatment seeking addicts in the presence of cognitive deficits, 40 treatment seeking addicts and 40 non-treatment seeking addicts were selected by available sampling method and examined and compared. The research instruments included the software version of the Wisconsin Berg et al. (1993) card classification test. Information from the treatment seeking and non-treatment seeking groups were collected.Data were analyzed using mixed two-way analysis of variance (mixed ANOVA) for repeated measures and using SPSS software version 23. The results showed that addicts with a preservation error (p = 0.042) were more likely to be in the non-treatment seeking category. Findings also showed that addicts with incorrect answers (p = 0.05) were more likely to be in the treatment seeking category. Findings showed that there are different cognitive disorders between the two groups of treatment seeking and non-treatment seeking that should be considered by therapists. and the findings could pave the way for future research as well as substance abuse therapists and cognitive and neurological fields’ researchers.

Keywords : addiction cognitive deficits comorbidity treatment seeking addicts non treatment seeking addicts