Aims To systematically investigate the effectiveness of voucher‐based reinforcement
therapy for the treatment of substance use disorders. Methods Effect sizes and 95 …

Extensive scientific evidence indicates that reinforcement plays an important role in the
genesis, maintenance, and recovery from substance use disorders. In this chapter, we …

Isn't it unethical to pay people to do what they should be doing anyway? Won't patients just
sell the reinforcers and buy drugs? Others didn't get prizes for not using. Why should they …

Contingency management (CM) interventions usually use vouchers as reinforcers, but a
new technique awards chances of winning prizes. This study compares these approaches …

Contingency management (CM) interventions are among the most effective methods for
initiating drug abstinence, but they infrequently have been adopted by community drug and …

Contingency management (CM) interventions frequently utilize vouchers as reinforcers, but
a prize-based system is also efficacious. This study compared these approaches. Seventy …

Employment is a goal for many people in recovery from substance use disorders, and might
protect against relapse. Interventions that use employment to promote recovery outcomes …

This article describes a research program to develop an operant treatment for cocaine
addiction in low-income, treatment-resistant methadone patients. The treatment's central …

The therapeutic workplace intervention is an employment-based drug user intervention that
integrates abstinence reinforcement contingencies into an employment setting, intended for …

BACKGROUND: Female injecting drug users (IDUs) who are also sex workers (FSW-IDUs)
is an important bridge population transmitting HIV from the IDU population to clients of …