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Addictive Behaviors
Volume 2, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 9-14
 
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Medication take-home as a reinforcer in a methadone maintenance program*1

Maxine StitzerCorresponding Author Contact Information, George Bigelow, Charles Lawrence, James Cohen, Burton D'Lugoff and James Hawthorne

Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore City Hospitals, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

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The opportunity to take methadone doses home from the clinic can be used as a reinforcer in contingency management procedures to promote desirable behavior among a population of methadone maintenance clients. This was demonstrated by delivering take-home privileges contingent upon attendance at counseling sessions. Sixteen methadone maintenance clients were selected on the basis of their low attendance rates at individual counseling sessions. During five successive 2-month periods, weekend (2 days) medication take-home privileges were either contingent upon attendance at a weekly counseling session lasting at least 45 min or were given to clients non-contingently. During periods of contingent delivery of the take-home privilege, counseling attendance increased significantly above levels observed during period of non- contigent delivery.

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