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Direct linkSilverman, Kenneth – Behavior Analyst, 2004
This article describes a research program to develop an operant treatment for cocaine addiction in low-income, treatment-resistant methadone patients. The treatment's central feature is an abstinence reinforcement contingency in which patients earn monetary reinforcement for providing cocaine-free urine samples. Success and failure of this…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Patients, Substance Abuse, Operant Conditioning
