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Contingency Management for Addictions

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Based on research of: Higgins & Petry (1999) Holtyn et al. (2014)

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Contingency Management for
Addiction
Column Lecture 11

Tags WEEK 11



Contingency Management

What is addiction?
CAMH: Center of Addictions and Mental Health
CAMH describes addiction by using the 4 C's

Craving

Compulsion to use

Continue despite the consequences


Addiction
There are costs to:

The individual

The family and friends of the individual

The society

Some effective treatments exists but with high relapse rates




Contingency Management for Addiction 1

, Effective Addiction Treatments
These arrange the SR for engaging in bx change needed to combat addiction

Contingency management intervention has proven to be effective

Don't work for everyone, that is why more research is needed

Some relapse is experience after the intervention

This intervention is not widely used



What is contingency management?
Systematic reinforcement of desired bxs and withholding of reinforcement or
punishment of undesired bx

Providing tangible rewards to reinforce positive bxs


Contingency Management Variations and Research
What kind of schedule of reinforcement produces compulsive bx?
Intermittend

Vouchers have monetary value and can be traded for tangible rewards

Contingency management is not always effective in treating addiction



💡 Smoking is not an example of respondent bx



Inhaling and exhaling are initially unconditioned responses

Addiction is not an example of bx that is initially controlled by intermitted and
maintained by continuous schedule of reinforcement

Voucher-Based Reinforcement for Treatment of Cocaine
Developed in the 90s by Dr. Higgins.

In a voucher-based system to treat cocaine abuse, patients leave urine
specimens multiple times each week and receive vouchers for each specimen


Contingency Management for Addiction 2

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