DRUGS AND SCHIZOFRENIA By; SAPTIAH HASNAWATI 1806256433 Thesis Supervisor : Dr. Herni Susanti, SKp. PHd INTRODUCTION Dual diagnosis or known as co-occurng disorders is the emergence of severe mental disorders in drug users. Individuals experience severe mental disorders or schizophrenia simultaneously for years using drugs (Sadock, 2010) The prevalence is high, approximately 40% of drug addicts also experience mental disorders. About 90% of people with opioid dependence have additional psychiatric disorders. Conversely about 20% of people with mental disorders addicted to drugs. Both of these conditions must be treated in order to achieve a recovery (Benny, 2017) According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM –IV-TR) there are several disorders related to opioid such as delusions, hallucinations, mood disorders, sexual dysfunction and sleep disorders. When someone use opioid four couple of minutes, they will experience psychological changes or maladaptive behavior in the form of euphoria, dysphoria, agitation, psychomotor retardation, impaired value, or social function and disturbed occupation as well. Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a varied clinical syndrome, and has destructive effects of psychopathology includes cognitive aspects, emotions, perceptions and other aspects of behavior. According to Indonesian Law No. 22 of 1997 concerning narcotics. Narcotics are substances or drugs from plants or not plants both synthetic and semi-synthetic causing a decrease or changing in consciousness, loss of pain and dependence. Whereas, Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics, opioids are a type of narcotics group I which are only used for the purpose of scientific development and have high potential to cause dependence. As one type of drug, opioids are a group of natural narcotics that can cause damage to the brain system Opioid dependence can be physical and psychological, the patients can no longer think and behave normally. their feelings, thoughts and behavior are influenced by the substances they use. Various psychological or psychological disorders that are often use opioids include depression, paranoia, suicide attempts, acts of violence and others. Problem Formulation Based on the description above, the problem in this research can be formulated with "how is the experience of recovery of narcotics users and have experienced Schizophernia mental disorder?" Literature Review Previous studies related to the experiences of individuals with drug dependence have been carried out by Arynata (2017). The absence of research on the experience of individuals with dual diagnoses of drug dependence and schizophrenia AIM This study aims to explore the experience of individual opioid narcotics users who have schizophrenia Research Method Qualitative deskriptif Populations and sample : individu with addiction drugs and Schizofrenia ,About 30 participants Purpose sampling Inclusion Criteria: individu with additiction drugs (opioid) and Schizofrenia have done recovery Research site : rehabilitation center Research ethics : autonomy, beneficience,justice,credibility, dependability and transferability Research Method Data Collection : Data collected in the form of interviews and field notes were analyzed Data Analysis : applying Collaizi technique, namely data obtained in qualitative research is processed in a qualitative narrative There is no interview guide yet, but it is in preparation