Evaluation of the effect of interventions for the female drug abusers.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate an effective method to facilitate the physical and mental recovery of drug abusers in detoxification restoration period.


METHODS
Integrated interventions were adopted to observe the changes in the physical and mental conditions of female drug abusers who had withdrawn drugs.


RESULTS
Comparing behavioral changes between the two groups before and after intervention, we found that changes of score in the intervention group were all higher than those in the control group in terms of their physical symptoms or state of anxiety.


CONCLUSIONS
It is necessary to help drug abusers understand the harm of drug-abuse, build up self-confidence and improve EQ through interventions. It will be beneficial for the drug addicts to refrain from drug-taking and regain a normal life. Our study has proved that positive results can only be obtained from integrated intervention projects.
Yao
Hong-Yan
HY
Tongji Medical College, Huazhong Science and Technology University, China.
Wang
Zeng-Zhen
ZZ
Jiang
Dong-Lin
DL
Sun
Jia-Fu
JF
Niu
Zhong-Xian
ZX
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*