Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2017 Dec;31(8):897-906.
doi: 10.1037/adb0000287. Epub 2017 Jun 22.

Contingency management treatment for substance use disorders: How far has it come, and where does it need to go?

Nancy M Petry  1 , Sheila M Alessi  1 , Todd A Olmstead  2 , Carla J Rash  1 , Kristyn Zajac  1
Affiliations
Review

Contingency management treatment for substance use disorders: How far has it come, and where does it need to go?

Nancy M Petry et al. Psychol Addict Behav. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

Contingency management (CM) interventions consistently improve substance abuse treatment outcomes, yet CM remains a highly controversial intervention and is rarely implemented in practice settings. This article briefly outlines the evidence base of CM and then describes 4 of the most often-cited concerns about it: philosophical, motivational, durability, and economic. Data supporting and refuting each of these issues are reviewed. The article concludes with suggestions to address these matters and other important areas for CM research and implementation, with the aims of improving uptake of this efficacious intervention in practice settings and outcomes of patients with substance use disorders. (PsycINFO Database Record

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Alessi SM, Hanson T, Wieners M, Petry NM. Low-cost contingency management in community clinics: Delivering incentives partially in group therapy. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2007;15(3):293–300. doi: 10.1037/1064-1297.15.3.293. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Alessi SM, Petry NM. A randomized study of cellphone technology to reinforce alcohol abstinence in the natural environment. Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2013;108(5):900–909. doi: 10.1111/add.12093. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Alessi SM, Rash CJ. Treatment satisfaction in a randomized clinical trial of mHealth smoking abstinence reinforcement. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2017;72:103–110. doi:S0740-5472(16)30041-1. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Alessi SM, Rash CJ, Petry NM. A randomized trial of adjunct mHealth abstinence reinforcement with transdermal nicotine and counseling for smoking cessation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2016:ntw155. [Epub ahead of print] - PMC - PubMed
    1. Aletraris L, Shelton JS, Roman PM. Counselor attitudes toward contingency management for substance use disorder: Effectiveness, acceptability, and endorsement of incentives for treatment attendance and abstinence. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2015;57:41–48. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.04.012. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

MeSH terms