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Zusatztext "Dr. Nancy Petry shares the wisdom gleaned from her extensive experience in developing! testing! and training innovative CM interventions for substance users. She demonstrates how to develop a CM program and provides helpful examples of patient-clinician dialogues and supervision methods. This outstanding resource is the first of its kind." -Maxine Stitzer! Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine! Maryland!USA"This book represents an important step towards proper dissemination of Contingency Management. Organizations and programs interested in implementation will find it useful for the purposes of designing CM protocols! as well as for training clinical staff in the basic tenets of CM. The book not only offers practical 'how to' information! but also provides step-by-step guides and worksheets that can be directly applied to clinical practice." - Lissa Dutra! Boston Institute for Psychotherapy!USA"Dr. Petry's latest contribution to the literature on Contingency Management is both scholarly and pragmatic. It is highly recommended for clinicians and trainees in the mental health and substance abuse fields! who will learn the state of the art of evidence-based CM as well as how to practically implement this approach in a variety of clinical situations for different sub-populations." - Yifrah Kaminer! University of Connecticut Health Center! USA Informationen zum Autor Nancy M. Petry, PhD, is Professor of Medicine in the Calhoun Cardiology Center at the University of Connecticut and serves as a consultant and advisor for the National Institutes of Health. Klappentext "Contingency Management has been identified as the most efficacious intervention for substance use disorders. Despite the evidence of its efficacy in numerous clinical trials, contingency management is poorly understood and rarely utilized in practice settings, as no book exists specifically for clinicians. Contingency Management for Substance Abuse Treatment fills this gap as a clinician-oriented text that focuses on contingency management protocol development and implementation, and provides everything clinicians require to successfully apply a novel treatment in practice"--Provided by publisher. Zusammenfassung This is a clinician-oriented text that focuses on contingency management protocol development and implementation, and provides everything clinicians require to successfully apply this novel treatment in practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Foundations for Understanding. Introduction. Background of Behavioral Therapies and the Evolution of Contingency Management. Empirical Evidence of the Efficacy of Contingency Management. Applications of Contingency Management in Novel Settings and with Special Populations. Part II: Designing a Contingency Management Intervention. Selecting a Behavior to Reinforce. Choosing a Population. Determining a Behavior Monitoring Schedule. Reinforcers to Use. Designing a Reinforcement Schedule. Calculating Costs. Raising Funds to Support Contingency Management Interventions. Part III: Implementing Contingency Management in Practice. Getting Started: Stocking a Prize Cabinet and Obtaining Other Needed Supplies. Implementation Guide for Reinforcing Abstinence Using Prize Contingency Management. Implementation Guide for Name-in-the-hat Prize CM for Reinforcing Group Attendance. Monitoring and Supervising Adherence and Competence in Contingency Management Delivery. Part IV: Conclusions. Conclusion....
Summary
This is a clinician-oriented text that focuses on contingency management protocol development and implementation, and provides everything clinicians require to successfully apply this novel treatment in practice.
