Facilitating the adoption of contingency management for the treatment of substance use disorders

Behav Anal Pract. 2009 Spring;2(1):4-13. doi: 10.1007/BF03391732.

Abstract

Contingency management (CM) is an effective treatment strategy for addressing many types of substance abuse disorders and associated problems. Nonetheless, CM protocols have not been widely embraced by community-based treatment providers. Exploration of the viability of CM outside of a research context remains largely an academic pursuit. In this paper, we outline several areas that may hinder the transfer of CM technology into community-based practice settings, review the literature that may address these barriers, and offer suggestions to researchers for overcoming them.