Contingency management treatments: controversies and challenges

Nancy M Petry, Nancy M Petry

Abstract

While ideology, politics, and economics will impact the eventual expansion or failure to implement contingency management in countries around the world, the scientific data clearly indicate that this is an intervention worthy of continued investment.

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