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- * Participants were divided into three groups that received varying reinforcement schedules while ensuring equal total potential rewards, and results were compared to a control group receiving only psychosocial support.
- * Findings showed that all three CM schedules led to higher abstinence rates than the psychosocial-only group, but there were no significant differences among the CM conditions, suggesting less frequent reinforcer delivery may still be effective in treating stimulant use disorders.
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Objective: The primary aim of this study was to determine whether different schedules of contingency management (CM), in conjunction with psychosocial treatment, produced different rates of abstinence and treatment attendance among individuals dependent on methamphetamine.
Methods: Individuals were randomized into 1 of 3 conditions that sought to equate total potential reinforcer magnitude while varying the frequency with which reinforcement was delivered, and comparing these results to those obtained when psychosocial support alone was used.
Results: Results indicate that all 3 CM schedules occasioned more abstinent attendance than the group only receiving psychosocial treatment. However, the 3 CM conditions did not differ in any appreciable way.
Conclusions: These results suggest that treatment providers may be able to decrease the frequency of reinforcer delivery in CM paradigms while retaining efficacy to treat psychostimulant use disorders.
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