effect of islamic-based spiritual therapy on self-esteem and mental health of addicts

In islamic teaching, the communication with god and remembering him is considered a factor for mental unlocking and transcendence, which causes much psychological and health effects; religious and islamic teachings particularly affect people's health. the present study was conducted with the aim to determine effect of islamic-based spiritual therapy on mental health and self-esteem in addicts. this is an experimental pretest-posttest study with trial and control groups. this is an experimental pretest-posttest study with trial and control groups. study population consisted of addicts from a methadone-therapy addiction treatment center. the sample size initially included 90 randomly selected addicts from the mentioned center, of whom 40 were chosen from those that scored the lowest in self-esteem questionnaire and highest in mental health questionnaire, and were then randomly divided into trial and control groups. the trial group received nine 2-hour sessions of spiritual therapy, but the control group received no intervention. data were collected using the goldberg's general health questionnaire-28 and coopersmith's self-esteem inventory, and analyzed using covariance analysis. the results obtained confirmed effectiveness of spiritual therapy with emphasis on islamic teachings in improving self-esteem and mental health of addicts.