خلاصة:
Objectives: The present review study aimed at investigating the vocational rehabilitation of
individuals with drug dependence disorders.Methods: Based on the research method, a comprehensive search was conducted in thefollowing databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, EBSCO, ProQuestand Google Scholar. All keywords synonymous with vocational rehabilitation and substanceabuse were considered in search. Then related studies with vocation rehabilitation wereselected and included in the study.Results: Job is a protective and major factor in effective treatment, and ignoring vocationalcounseling and rehabilitation leads to a significant defect in addiction treatment.Discussion: Individuals receiving vocational services along with drug abuse treatment wouldexperience reduced drug abuse and a more productive life.
ملخص الجهاز:
Therefore, with this background in mind, the present review study was performed to assess the avail-able evidence with regard to the relationship between vocational rehabilitation and treatment in individuals with drug dependence disorders.
/ ranian /ehabilitation /ournal Job and addiction treatment Vocational status and retention in treatment Unemployment is common among drug abusers and leads to weak treatment outcomes such as withdrawal from treatment, higher use of drugs during treatment, and higher rate of relapse [7].
confirmed that employment is of high im-portance in successful treatment of drug abusers, and offering vocational services among individuals seeking for addiction treatment is highly important [16].
Past researches clearly show that unemploy-ment among the youth leads to various psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, alcohol-and-drug-related disorders, and suicide [20]; and this finding means that increasing vocational ac-tivities is an important factor to improve psychological status of individuals, and by improving psychological status of addicts, a more effective and thorough treat-ment would be possible [21].
stated that many drug abusers gain the ability to attain a job after treatment; this means that if vocational services are considered as a major factor in addiction treat- Doostian Y, et al.
Therefore, employment is considered as the goal of addiction treat-ment and a treatment outcome in some researches [2]; and some therapists believe that employment has a criti-cal role in improving drug-dependent individuals and can lead to their full treatment and prevention of their relapse; in this regard, Magura et al.