Contingency management (CM) is a behavioral therapy technique that encourages beneficial behaviors by giving rewards or positive reinforcement. CM incentivizes certain behaviors and discourages ...

Contingency Management (CM) is a behavioral treatment model that is based on operant conditioning and uses positive reinforcement to modify behavior. Developed in the 1980s and 1990s for substance use ...

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Clyde Davis battled a methamphetamine and heroin addiction for over nine years. He tried various treatment programs, but none worked for him before he reached his insurance maximum and was forced to ...

This editorial reviews the promises, gaps, and philosophical limitations of contingency management for pregnant people who use drugs. Pregnancy is an opportune time to build relationships between ...

More than 48 million Americans have struggled with a substance use disorder (SUD) over the last 12 months. Despite decades of research and treatment interventions, relapse rates remain stubbornly high ...

Project CARA, a perinatal substance exposure clinic, has implemented a contingency management program that targets appointment attendance for patients with any use disorder, regardless of substance or ...

Bernard Groves has spent five years trying to quit methamphetamine. He lost his job. He lost his car. He nearly lost his apartment. Worse than that, he says, his addiction has hurt his family. “I went ...

He lost his job. He lost his car. He nearly lost his apartment. Worse than that, he says, his addiction has hurt his family. “I went [to lunch] with my auntie and I saw such sadness in her eyes,” ...