Contingency Management and Drug Disorders
Submitted by Ally
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The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) defines contingency management as “a general behavioural intervention technique used in the treatment of drug dependence … designed to weaken drug use and strengthen abstinence.” A systematic review recently published by the organisation assesses the effectiveness of such methods when used in conjunction with pharmacological based treatments for dependence. It concludes that contingency management is a feasible and potentially useful technique for the treatment of drug use.