Improving substance misuse outcomes in contingency management treatment with adjunctive formal psychotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Contingency management (CM) is a treatment for substance misuse that involves the provision of incentives. This review examines the hypothesis that adding another formal psychotherapy, such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) or motivational enhancement therapy (MET), to CM improves substance use outcomes at both treatment end and at post-treatment follow-up compared with CM only.

Data sources

Searches were performed in December 2017 and July 2019 of seven electronic bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycEXTRA), as well as online trial registries and EThoS, and were followed by reference list screening.

Eligibility criteria

Included studies were randomised controlled trials of adults (18-65) who were usin

SUBMITTER: Sheridan Rains L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545634 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature