The British Journal of Psychiatry (2006) 189: 97-98. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.022293
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Contingency management treatments

Nancy M. Petry, PhD

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3944, USA. Tel: +1 860 679 2593; fax: +1 860 679 1312; email: petry{at}psychiatry.uchc.edu

Declaration of interest None.

N.P. receives research funding from the National Institute of Health.

Summary Contingency management is highly efficacious in improving outcomes in substance misuse. Whereas a great deal of research has evaluated these interventions empirically, few treatment providers integrate this approach in practice. The rationale for contingency management is described, with a call for expansion of this technique outside the USA.




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