Background: Addiction can lead to negative consequences in various areas of life. It affects addicts' mood and emotions. Therefore, the present study sought to identify mental disorders caused by addiction. Methods: The present research was a descriptive study. The statistical population of this study included all addicts in Ahvaz city, referred to addiction treatment clinics, during year 2016. The research sample consisted of 281 addicts, who were selected by the multistage random sampling method. The data were collected through Symptom Checklist-90-R. Results:The results of this study show that 50.17% of participants were suspected to have at least one mental disorder. Also, 12.45% of drug addicts had depression disorder, 10.32% had somatization disorder, 11.74% had anxiety disorder, 10.67% had obsessivecompulsive disorder, 10.32% had interpersonal sensitivity, 15.30% had hostility disorder, 12.09% had phobia disorder, 12.45% had psychotic, and 13.52% had paranoid ideation. Hostility (18.22%) was revealed to be the most frequent disorder among the users of herbal drugs, and paranoid thoughts and depression (12.87%) were the most frequent disorders among industrial drug users. Conclusions:The results of this study indicate the effect of drug use on people's mental health and the prevalence of all types of mental disorders among addicts.
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