Importance In the US and the United Kingdom, cocaine use is the second leading cause of
illicit drug overdose death. Psychosocial treatments for cocaine use disorder are limited, and …

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 …

Clinical research trials demonstrate the efficacy of contingency management procedures in
treating substance use disorders. Usually, reinforcement, in the form of vouchers …

This course develops a critical understanding of contemporary psychological approaches to
addiction. Students are introduced to psychological theories of addiction from the fields of …

Background and aims Use of non-prescribed drugs during treatment for opiate addiction
reduces treatment success, creating a need for effective interventions. This review aimed to …

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 …

Background Cocaine pharmacotherapy trials are often confounded by considerable
variability in baseline cocaine-use levels, obscuring possible medication efficacy. Testing …

Objective: Contingency management (CM) reduces cocaine use in methadone patients, but
only about 50% of patients respond to CM interventions. This study evaluated whether …

The availability of both agonist and antagonist treatments for opiate-use disorders provides
a seemingly rich selection of cost-effective and reasonably safe pharmacological …