PurposeThis study takes a systematic approach to investigate the effect of social work intervention aimed at increasing general health among opioid addicts in addiction treatment centers.Patients and methodsThis is an experimental plan (pretest to posttest with a control group); the study sample included 60 patients with drug dependencies undergoing treatment in addiction treatment centers. These patients were randomly assigned as case (30) and control (30) groups. The case group was subjected to intervention over ten sessions, whereas the control group received no intervention. Both groups then passed through a posttest, while a follow-up was conducted after 4 months. Data were obtained via a General Health Questionnaire.ResultsA covariance analysis test and independent and dependent t-test results indicated that a social work intervention adopting systematic approach was effective in increasing the general health of drug-addicted patients under treatment.ConclusionThus, the nature of the presence of social workers in addiction treatment centers has been effective and can have a significant influence by reducing anxiety and insomnia and somatic symptoms, improving patients’ self-understanding and self-recognition, and enhancing social functioning.

Background:Severity of disappointment to treatment of opiate dependency and high-level percent to relapse, most of investigator believes that drug dependency is a chronic and recurrent disorder. Therefore pay attention to first prevention increase. There are a lot of factors that influences to relapse, but psychiatry disorder concurrent. Individual and social factor are considerable.Method:This is a descriptive & analytic study with prospective approach with random sampling about 920 patients that their selves voluntary have come to poly clinical addiction in Rafsanjan University.Result:This study included that all factors such as age, employment, married, specific home, type of drug, method of use, amounts of use, age of beginning to abuse, use of multi drugs, injection, and previous treatment influences to outcome of treatment.Discussion:however outcome of treatment depend on several factors that individual and social factor are one of them.