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Contingency Management for Substance Abuse Treatment: A Guide to Implementing This Evidence-Based Practice

Contingency Management for Substance Abuse Treatment: A Guide to Implementing This Evidence-Based Practice

Petry, Nancy M.

Paperback

Medical ReferenceGeneral PsychologyMental Health

ISBN10: 0415882893
ISBN13: 9780415882897
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 28 2011
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.67
Height: 0.70 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

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?

The concerns surrounding Contingency Management (CM) are many and reflect how poorly understood and rarely utilized this evidence-based treatment model is in practice settings. Despite being identified as the most efficacious intervention for substance use disorders, a significant gap persists between research and practice, at the client's expense. Nancy Petry, an experienced researcher and consultant for organizations such as the National Institute of Health, has begun to fill this gap by authoring the first clinician-oriented text that focuses on CM protocol development and implementation. In this well-organized and clear book she provides a foundation for understanding CM and details how to design and implement a program that can work for any clinician, whether he or she works for a well-funded program or not. She also addresses realistic concerns such as:

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