Program Profile: Prize-Based Incentive Contingency Management for Substance Abusers
Publication year:
2012
| Cataloged on:
Apr. 12, 2012
ANNOTATION: “Prize-based Incentives Contingency Management for Substance Abusers is a version of contingency management (CM) that provides adult substance abusers in community-based treatment with an opportunity to win prizes if they remain drug free … CM interventions attempt to increase positive behavior in substance abusers by offering vouchers that are redeemable for retail goods and services but are contingent on behavior change. Prize-based CM reinforces positive abstinent behavior in substance-abusing clients in treatment by providing them an opportunity to win various prizes when they provide negative urine and breath samples or complete treatment-related activities” (p. 1). This profile reviews the evaluation outcomes from two studies regarding the efficacy of this program. Both studies showed that the time individuals abstained from drug use was greatly increased by participation in the CM program. The program is therefore deemed effective due to the evidence.
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