Title: 35th Annual Congress of Iranian Psychiatric Association
Abstract: This study was conducted aimed at investigating the effectiveness of group therapy based on the choice theory in the psychological wellbeing and mental health of the spouses of addicted patients referring to addiction centers in Yazd province.The statistical society was comprised of the spouses of all addicted patients who had referred to a Yazd addiction clinic.For this purpose, Dr. Behzadi's clinic was chosen from among the addiction clinics available in Yazd province.Dr. Behzadi's clinic hosted 50 persons in 2016.From among those persons, 30 women were selected as the sample using the convenience sampling method who were randomly assigned to two experimental (15 persons) and control (15 persons) groups.The independent variable was group therapy based on the choice therapy that was set up in 8 seasons, with the experimental group receiving trainings in it.The dependent variable was the psychological wellbeing and mental health of the spouses of addicted patients assessed by Tabasi psychological wellbeing questionnaire ( 2004) and SCL-90 mental health questionnaire (1976).The data collected were analyzed by SPSS statistical software and the covariance analysis test.The results indicated that group therapy based on the choice theory improved the psychological wellbeing and mental health the spouses of addicted patients (p<0.01)(p<0.05).