Cognitive rehabilitation for individuals with opioid use disorder: A randomized controlled trialFootnote^*

* T. Rezapour and H. Ekhtiari developed the study concept. All authors contributed to the study design. Testing and data collection were performed by T. Rezapour, H. Ekhtiari, A. Samiei and R. Daneshmand and T. Rezapour performed the data analysis and interpretation under the supervision of J. Hatami, A. Farhoudian and H. Ekhtiari. T. Rezapour and H. Ekhtiari drafted the manuscript, and J. Hatami, A. Farhoudian, M. Sofuoglu and A. Noroozi provided critical revisions. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript for submission.

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