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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The investigators conducted a meta-analysis of clinical trials published in PubMed or the Cochrane Database of ...

Northeast Delta Human Services Authority (NEDHSA) announces the expansion of its agency-wide Contingency Management (CM) ...

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 ...

Traditional recovery programs have long been pivotal in the battle against substance use disorders. However, their effectiveness in preventing relapse has been questioned. Studies show that the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The review included 112 protocols across 77 studies. Contingency management costs were comparable to costs for ...

Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California's leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober. The federal ...

Early recovery from drug addiction to opioids and stimulants is physically and mentally demanding, and a long road to recovery. “During the early stages of addiction recovery there is typically not ...

People wanting to quit stimulant drugs have few clinical options, except for an incentive-based approach shown effective through decades of Washington State University research. Called contingency ...

Joining us to talk about the pros and cons of contingency management is Sara Parent, an assistant professor in the department of community and behavioral health at Washington State College of Medicine ...

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 ...