The present study was conducted to investigate depression among addictive patients and if there is a\npossible association between general characteristics of participants including demographic variable and\ndepression. The methodology of the present study included case control study design, study sample\nincluded 36 addictive patients who received treatment at Governmental Center for Treatment and\nRehabilitation of Addiction. Study instrument was a questionnaire constructed for data collection from\nparticipants in addition to measuring depression using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Study\nfindings revealed medium to severe depression among addictive group, while control group had no\ndepression. None of the general characteristics of participants showed significant variation between the\naddictive group and the control group (P>0.05). There was in the present study not found an\nassociation between demographical data and depression.
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