Contingency management for treatment of substance use disorders: A meta-analysis

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1546-1560

  Prendergast, Michael ^a   Podus, Deborah ^a   Finney, John ^b   Greenwell, Lisa ^a   Roll, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency management; Meta analysis; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ABSTINENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EFFECT SIZE; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHADONE TREATMENT; PSYCINFO; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO; TREATMENT DURATION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749530075     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01581.x     Document Type: Review

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