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Facilitating the Adoption of Contingency Management for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

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Contingency management (CM) is an effective treatment strategy for addressing many types of substance abuse disorders and associated problems. Nonetheless, CM protocols have not been widely embraced by community-based treatment providers. Exploration of the viability of CM outside of a research context remains largely an academic pursuit. In this paper, we outline several areas that may hinder the transfer of CM technology into community-based practice settings, review the literature that may address these barriers, and offer suggestions to researchers for overcoming them.

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  1. Program of Excellence in the Addictions, Washington State University, Pullman, USA

    John M. Roll Ph.D.

  2. Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    Gregory J. Madden Ph.D.

  3. Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Richard Rawson Ph.D.

  4. Calhoun Cardiology Center, Farmington, USA

    Nancy M. Petry Ph.D.

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Preparation of this manuscript was supported by the following: JMR: RO313941-02, R21-14392, RO1-017084, RO1-017407, RO1 DA14871, 1R01 DA022476, and the Life Sciences Discovery Fund; RR: NO1DA-0-8804, NO1DA-3-8824, 1 UD1 TI13594; NMP: R01-DA021567, R01-DA022739, RO1-DA024667, RO1-DA018883, R01-DA13444, RO1-DA016855, RO1-DA14618, P50-DA09241, and P60-AA03510; GJM: R15 DA 023564.

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Roll, J.M., Madden, G.J., Rawson, R. et al. Facilitating the Adoption of Contingency Management for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders. Behav Analysis Practice 2, 4–13 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391732

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