Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Faculty member of the Social Sciences Department, University of Shahed,Tehran,Iran
2 Director of the Social Injuries Group, Islamic Parliament Research Center Of Islamic Republic
Abstract
The present study aimed to understand the challenges of compulsory treatment of women's addiction and Presentation policy suggestions.The research method was qualitative and the necessary information was collected through observation and semi-structured interview techniques.The participants were 14 women who abuse drugs and 7 key informants in the area under study.The information obtained was analyzed through thematic analysis.Presence in the field under study and observation of the treatment space, accuracy in recording and documenting data, agreement and consistency in coding research themes, and providing quotes are the criteria used to increase the reliability and believability of the research findings. After analyzing the data ,in the section on challenges of compulsory addiction treatment, eight main themes were extracted, including a coercive/punitive approach to the problem, resistance to treatment, inhibitory feelings and emotions, a reductionist approach to treatment, weakness of the care/support system during treatment, normalization/internalization of the problem, a fragile support system, and weakness of the effectiveness evaluation and control system, and twenty subthemes. Accordingly, the two main themes were presented below with policy suggestions for reforming and improving the compulsory addiction treatment process, including care interventions during treatment,community-based care interventions, and the decision-making system. The research findings show that the process of organizing women at different stages of arrest, screening, care during treatment, and care after discharge faces various challenges and needs serious review and reform.
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