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Background: Addiction can lead to negative consequences in various areas of life. It affects addicts' mood and emotions. Therefore, the present study sought to identify mental disorders caused by addiction. Methods: The present research was a descriptive study. The statistical population of this study included all addicts in Ahvaz city, referred to addiction treatment clinics, during year 2016. The research sample consisted of 281 addicts, who were selected by the multistage random sampling method. The data were collected through Symptom Checklist-90-R. Results:The results of this study show that 50.17% of participants were suspected to have at least one mental disorder. Also, 12.45% of drug addicts had depression disorder, 10.32% had somatization disorder, 11.74% had anxiety disorder, 10.67% had obsessivecompulsive disorder, 10.32% had interpersonal sensitivity, 15.30% had hostility disorder, 12.09% had phobia disorder, 12.45% had psychotic, and 13.52% had paranoid ideation. Hostility (18.22%) was revealed to be the most frequent disorder among the users of herbal drugs, and paranoid thoughts and depression (12.87%) were the most frequent disorders among industrial drug users. Conclusions:The results of this study indicate the effect of drug use on people's mental health and the prevalence of all types of mental disorders among addicts.

Background: This study aimed to clarify the relationship between dissociation experience, and alexithymia and eating attitudes in female students of Ahvaz University. Materials and Methods:The present study had a cross sectional design. Overall, 325 female undergraduate students were selected by multi-phase random clustering and completed the following rating scales; eating attitudes test-26 (EAT-26), alexithymia questionnaire (TAS-20), dissociative experiences scale (DES-28). Data analysis was done using the Pearson correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Results: With the Pearson method, we found a correlation between alexithymia and eating attitudes (P = 11.3), and a significant positive correlation between dissociative experiences and eating attitudes (P = 36.8) was also found. The multi-variable correlation coefficient for alexithymia and dissociative experiences with eating attitudes in female students was respectively MR = 37.0 and MR = 11.3, and F ratio was respectively equal to 36.7 and 2.86, which was significant at P = 0.001 and P = 0.092. Conclusions: This study highlights the association between eating attitudes, and dissociation experiences and alexithymia, yet dissociation experiences were more relevant and a stronger predictor for eating attitudes.

Background: Epidemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and quarantine implementation have had various effects on the psychological aspects of society. One of the psychological effects of COVID-19 is the fear of getting the disease. Objectives: The present study aimed to predict health anxiety based on spiritual well-being and cognitive emotion regulation strategies during COVID-19 in Iranian individuals. Methods: The present descriptive-correlational study was conducted on the statistical population of all 19-to-79-year-old individuals participating in the study online. A total of 545 subjects were selected by the convenience sampling method. These participants completed short-form health anxiety questionnaires, spiritual well-being scales, and short-form emotion regulation strategies online. The data were analyzed by the Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis using SPSS software (version 23). Results: The results showed that health anxiety had a significant negative relationship with spiritual well-being (r = -0.339**) and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (r = -0.308**). Furthermore, health anxiety had a significant positive relationship with maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (r = 0.390**). Overall, the aforementioned three variables explained 26.1% of changes in health anxiety. Conclusions: The results of the present study showed the impacts of spiritual well-being and cognitive emotion regulation strategies on health anxiety. Therefore, it is recommended that training based on spiritual teachings and emotion regulation strategies reduces health anxiety during the outbreak of COVID-19.