fa اثر پروتکل تعدیل یافته‌ی آلفا- تتا نوروفیدبک بر اشتیاق فوری مصرف در بیماران وابسته به مواد افیونی کارآزمایی بالینی Clinical Trials <p><strong><em>Background and Objective</em></strong>: Currently mulitifactorial etiology of addiction have caused concurrent use of different methods in treatment process<span dir="RTL">.</span> The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of modified alpha-theta protocol on drug craving among male Opioid addicts.</p> <p><strong><em>Materials and Methods</em></strong>: By using a pretest-posttest method, 20 opiate dependent patients who were referred to methadone treatment centers, were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group after completing a &ldquo;Desire for Drug Questionnaire&rdquo;. The experimental group received 20 sessions of neurofeedback therapy during their methadone treatment. The Control group received only methadone medication. Finally, the participants in both groups completed &ldquo;the Desire for Drug Questionnaire&rdquo; for the second time.&nbsp; Data was analyzed using the mean of differences method.</p> <p><strong><em>Results:</em></strong> The results showed that in comparison to control group, modified alpha-theta protocol is more effective in decreasing the intensity of craving (d=18, P<0.0001).</p> <p><strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong> Neurofeedback therapy in tandem with medication is more effective than only using medication&nbsp;&nbsp; for reducing opioid craving.</p> <p align="right" dir="RTL"></p><p></p> Keywords: Neurofeedback, Opioid Dependency, Craving, Methadone Treatment ,Alpha-Theta Protocol 130 139 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4-1004&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Zahra Heidari زهرا حیدری 5200319475328460053457 5200319475328460053457 No Dept. of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان Farhad Taremian فرهاد طارمیان taremian@zums.ac.ir 5200319475328460053458 5200319475328460053458 Yes Dept. of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان Javad Khalatbari جواد خلعتبری 5200319475328460053459 5200319475328460053459 No Dept. of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch, Tonekabon, Iran دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تنکابن