Debut Episode Features National Addiction Medicine Leader Dr. Brian Hurley sharing successful Contingency Management ...

Fact is, contingency management (CM) is a ho-hum name for a type of therapy that can produce exciting results—and has for decades. With this post, I will explain what it is, how it is best used, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Re: “Fentanyl crisis needs a turning point, so what is being done?” [March 3, A1]: The fentanyl overdose epidemic warrants novel approaches supported by evidence. Historically, when a patient’s ill ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to treating methamphetamine addiction, the use of behavioral incentives is settled science. Offering financial rewards, like gift cards, to people who demonstrate that they’ve reduced or ...

On March 2, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion No. 22-04 (the “Opinion”), analyzing a program whereby the Requestor ...

Behavioral therapy is a broad term that refers to several therapeutic techniques to treat mental health disorders. This form of therapy suggests that all behaviors occur due to learning them from ...