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Addiction Psychiatry 2018
Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
ISSN: 2155-6105
Page 46
August 13-14, 2018
Madrid, Spain
8
th
International Conference on
Addiction Psychiatry
T
he present study explored the effectiveness of the rational
emotive behavior therapy in disputing the irrational beliefs of
persons with substance use disorder. It was hypothesized that
there is likely a negative relationship between rational emotive
behavior therapy exposures and the irrational beliefs in person
with substance use disorder. Repeated measure research design
was employed. Purposive sampling was used to draw a sample
of 12 patients who had undergone treatment for substance use
disorder from addiction ward. PIMH and Fountain House, Lahore
(demographic information sheet, history take examination),
and MSE were used to rule out others psychiatric illness. After
the careful examination, diagnosis of the substance disorder’s
irrational beliefs was measured by shortened general attitude
and belief scale. The new and personal invention of the study
is that pictorial presentation of REBT techniques gives a better
understanding and significant result. All the pictures were
hand made and mind invention. The present study was able to
find out the effectiveness of REBT in disputing irrational beliefs
in substance use disorder. The finding of the study indicated a
significant difference in irrational beliefs of persons with the
substance use disorder before and after the treatment. Based on
the finding, it can be concluded that present research provides
justification for irrational beliefs in persons with the substance
use disorder.
adeelasaba23@gmail.comEmotive behavior therapy effectiveness among persons with
irrational beliefs experiencing substance use disorder
Adeela Saba
Sargodha University, Pakistan
J Addict Res Ther 2018, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105-C2-040