Substance-Related Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
substance use disorders
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to test the utilization of incentive values (considerably lower than those typically used in research clinics) to motivate clients to attend treatment and initiate and sustain abstinence.
Detailed description
The purpose of the proposed research is to implement and systematically evaluate, in community treatment settings, motivational incentive procedures that have been well researched and have proven efficacious in a variety of treatment research clinics.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBehavior Therapy
Sponsors
Johns Hopkins University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion Criterea: * New intake to a drug-free CTP * Evidence of cocaine or methamphetamine use, any reported use in past 2 weeks or positive urine screen at study intake. For those exiting a controlled environment, any stimulant use within two weeks of entering the controlled environment
Exclusion criteria
* Unable to give informed consent (fails simple consent quiz) * Answers yes to question: Are you in recovery from gambling? That is, have you stopped gambling because of previous problems with gambling?
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| ASI | — |
| Cocaine use | — |
| AIDS risk behavior | — |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed