Gambling treatment service providers' views about contingency management: a thematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a need to improve retention and outcomes for treatment of problem gambling and gambling disorder. Contingency management (CM) is a behavioural intervention involving identification of target behaviours (such as attendance, abstinence, or steps towards recovery) and the provision of incentives (such as vouchers or credits towards the purchase of preferred items) contingent on objective evidence of these behaviours. Contingency management for abstinence and attendance in substance misuse treatment has a substantial evidence base but has not been widely adopted or extended to other addictive behaviours such as gambling. Potential barriers to the widespread adoption of CM may relate to practitioners' perceptions about this form of incentive-based treatment. The pres

SUBMITTER: Dorey L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8876078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature