Use of a low-cost incentive intervention to improve counseling attendance among methadone-maintained patients

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-258

  Sigmon, Stacey C ^a,b   Stitzer, Maxine L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Contingency management; Counseling; Intermittent reinforcement; Methadone maintenance

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; ORIENTATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BALTIMORE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TOKEN ECONOMY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 28244433808     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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