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Fishbowls and candy bars: using low-cost incentives to increase treatment retentionNancy M Petry
University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Sci Pract Perspect 2:55-61. 2003
Contingent reinforcement of personal goal activities for adolescents with substance use disorders during post-residential continuing careSusan H Godley
Chestnut Health Systems, Bloomington, Illinois 61701, USA
Am J Addict 17:278-86. 2008..The mean activities selected was 20, and the mean completed was 13. Overall, 1,114 or 64% of chosen activities were completed. The clinical feasibility of activity incentive programs for adolescents is discussed...
Contingency management improves abstinence and quality of life in cocaine abusersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:307-15. 2007..During-treatment abstinence mediated the relationship between treatment condition and QOLI scores over time...- What do we get for our money? Cost-effectiveness of adding contingency managementJody Sindelar
Yale School of Public Health and Yale Medical School, CT 06520, USA
Addiction 102:309-16. 2007..To assess the relative cost-effectiveness of lower versus higher cost prize-based contingency management (CM) treatments for cocaine abuse... - Gambling level and psychiatric and medical disorders in older adults: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsRobert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:301-13. 2007..This study examined the association between gambling level and psychiatric and medical disorders in a nationally representative sample of older adults... - Contingency management for the treatment of methamphetamine use disordersJohn M Roll
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:1993-9. 2006..An experimentally rigorous investigation on the topic was provided by a large multisite trial conducted under the auspices of the Clinical Trials Network of the National Institute on Drug Abuse... - Regardless of psychiatric severity the addition of contingency management to standard treatment improves retention and drug use outcomesJeremiah Weinstock
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 87:288-96. 2007..Overall, these findings suggest contingency management is an efficacious and appropriate intervention for substance use disordered individuals across a range of psychiatric problems... - Abstinence rates following behavioral treatments for marijuana dependenceRonald M Kadden
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Addict Behav 32:1220-36. 2007..The roles of contingency management and coping skills training in the treatment of marijuana dependence are discussed... - Cost-effectiveness of prize-based incentives for stimulant abusers in outpatient psychosocial treatment programsTodd A Olmstead
School of Public Health, Yale University, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 87:175-82. 2007..To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a prize-based intervention as an addition to usual care for stimulant abusers... - Psychological experience of gambling and subtypes of pathological gamblersDavid M Ledgerwood
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, United States
Psychiatry Res 144:17-27. 2006..Male gender and impulsivity were associated with the Egotism factor. These data offer preliminary evidence of the validity and reliability of the GEM in distinguishing subgroups of gamblers... - Contingency management treatments: Reinforcing abstinence versus adherence with goal-related activitiesNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Storrs, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:592-601. 2006..Abstinence at 6- and 9-month follow-ups did not differ by group, but longest duration of abstinence achieved during treatment was associated with abstinence posttreatment... - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for pathological gamblersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Storrs, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:555-67. 2006..Attendance at GA and number of CB therapy sessions or workbook exercises completed were associated with gambling abstinence. These data suggest the efficacy of this CB therapy approach... - Severity of gambling problems and psychosocial functioning in older adultsRobert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3944, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 19:106-13. 2006.... - Gambling problems and health functioning in individuals receiving disabilityBenjamin J Morasco
Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA
Disabil Rehabil 28:619-23. 2006..Results suggest that disordered gamblers who receive disability have an increased need for interventions to reduce gambling and associated problems... - Prevalence and health correlates of gambling problems in substance abuse counselorsJeremiah Weinstock
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3944, USA
Am J Addict 15:144-9. 2006..Poorer physical health was associated with pathological gambling, but mental health was not. These results suggest that substance abuse counselors may benefit from education, prevention, and intervention efforts for disordered gambling... - Contingency Management to reduce substance use in individuals who are homeless with co-occurring psychiatric disordersKathlene Tracy
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:253-8. 2007..This pilot trial suggests that application of low-cost CM procedures is feasible within this novel setting and may decrease substance use... - Low-cost contingency management in community clinics: delivering incentives partially in group therapySheila M Alessi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 15:293-300. 2007..This study suggests that it is feasible to deliver incentives for attendance in group therapy, but that further research is needed to understand the modest effects on attendance. Strengths and limitations of this study are discussed... - What happens when contingency management treatment ends? A tale of two clientsNancy M Petry
Am J Addict 17:241-4. 2008 - Psychometric properties of the inventory of gambling situations with a focus on gender and age differencesLindsay M Weiss
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030 3944, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:321-8. 2008..The IGS may assist in better understanding situations in which pathological gamblers wager, and individual differences with respect to these situations... - Overweight and obesity are associated with psychiatric disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Psychosom Med 70:288-97. 2008..This study evaluated associations between body mass index (BMI) and psychiatric disorders... - A randomized trial of brief interventions for problem and pathological gamblersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:318-28. 2008..These results suggest the efficacy of a very brief intervention for reduction of gambling among problem and pathological gamblers who are not actively seeking gambling treatment... - Coping skills training and contingency management treatments for marijuana dependence: exploring mechanisms of behavior changeMark D Litt
Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
Addiction 103:638-48. 2008..The purpose of the present study was to explore mechanisms of behavior change from a marijuana treatment trial in which CBT and ContM were evaluated separately and in combination... - Gender differences in associations between body mass index and DSM-IV mood and anxiety disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsDanielle Barry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:458-66. 2008..The purpose of this study is to examine gender differences in associations between body mass index (BMI) and affective disorders... - [Ludomania: cross-cultural examinations of gambling and its treatment]Jeremiah Weinstock
Health Center, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 30:S3-S10. 2008..Therefore, direct screening for gambling problems is recommended. Increasing education about the disorder, from both the provider and societal perspective, is necessary to reduce the personal and societal consequences of this disorder... - Randomized trial of contingent prizes versus vouchers in cocaine-using methadone patientsNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:983-91. 2007..Thus, reinforcement with prizes was similar to voucher CM in promoting LDA, which is associated with posttreatment benefits... - DSM-IV personality disorders and coronary heart disease in older adults: results from The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol And Related ConditionsRobert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:P295-9. 2007..63), and obsessive-compulsive (OR = 1.37) personality disorders increased the odds of having CHD. Personality disorders may increase the risk of CHD in older adults. Putative mechanisms and directions for future research are proposed... - Internet gambling is common in college students and associated with poor mental healthNancy M Petry
University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
Am J Addict 16:325-30. 2007..Internet gambling frequency was significantly associated with poor mental health, after controlling for demographics and pathological gambling. These data call for prevention and treatment efforts of Internet gambling in students... - Abstinence-based incentives in methadone maintenance: interaction with intake stimulant test resultsMaxine L Stitzer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 15:344-50. 2007..84; CI = 1.25-2.71). These findings suggest that abstinence incentives have significant clinical benefits independent of initial drug use severity among methadone maintenance patients with ongoing stimulant drug use... - Concurrent and predictive validity of the Addiction Severity Index in pathological gamblersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030 3944, USA
Am J Addict 16:272-82. 2007..Thus, the ASI may be a useful tool for assessing gambling and psychosocial problems in the growing population of treatment-seeking gamblers... - Do coping skills mediate the relationship between cognitive-behavioral therapy and reductions in gambling in pathological gamblers?Nancy M Petry
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Addiction 102:1280-91. 2007..This study examined whether coping skills acquisition mediated the effects of CBT on decreasing gambling in pathological gamblers... - Severity of gambling is associated with physical and emotional health in urban primary care patientsBenjamin J Morasco
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 28:94-100. 2006..CONCLUSION: These data suggest that disordered gambling is relatively common in primary care settings, and gambling severity is associated with decreased health functioning... - Health correlates of pathological gambling in a methadone maintenance clinicJeremiah Weinstock
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 14:87-93. 2006..These results extend previous research in other populations that has found that pathological gamblers report poorer mental and physical health than nonpathological gamblers... - Prize reinforcement contingency management for treating cocaine users: how low can we go, and with whom?Nancy M Petry
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
Addiction 99:349-60. 2004..This study evaluated the efficacy of a low-cost, prize reinforcement contingency management (CM) intervention for reducing cocaine use... - The role of psychosocial treatments in pharmacotherapy for alcoholismMary E McCaul
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Addict 12:S41-52. 2003..Directions for future research in this area are also suggested... - Moving beyond a dichotomous classification for gambling disordersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3944, USA
Addiction 98:1673-4; discussion 1678-9. 2003 - Disordered gambling in adolescents : epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatmentRobert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Paediatr Drugs 5:583-95. 2003..Clinicians are advised to be sensitive to behavioral risk factors and to screen for disordered gambling in high risk adolescents. A combination of CBT and MET, as well as medication for any comorbid psychiatric condition, is recommended... - Discounting of money, health, and freedom in substance abusers and controlsNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT, 06030 3944, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 71:133-41. 2003..The rapid discounting of freedom and health may provide a theoretical framework for understanding illegal and risky health behaviors in drug abusers... - Gambling participation and problems among South East Asian refugees to the United StatesNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, 06030 3944, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1142-8. 2003..The purpose of this study was to assess rates of gambling participation and gambling problems among South East Asian refugees... - Patterns and correlates of Gamblers Anonymous attendance in pathological gamblers seeking professional treatmentNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Addict Behav 28:1049-62. 2003..These data suggest that individuals entering professional treatment for gambling with a history of GA attendance differ from those who do not, and these differences may impact treatment recommendations and outcomes... - Validity of a gambling scale for the addiction severity indexNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3944, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:399-407. 2003..Together, these data suggest that the ASI-G subscale may be a useful tool for assessing severity of gambling problems in a variety of populations... - A comparison of African American and non-Hispanic Caucasian cocaine-abusing outpatientsNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 69:43-9. 2003..Caucasians may be in greater need of treatment that focuses on concurrent cocaine and alcohol problems, as well as family and psychiatric difficulties... - How treatments for pathological gambling can be informed by treatments for substance use disordersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030 3944, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 10:184-92. 2002.... - Recent advances in the dissemination of contingency management techniques: clinical and research perspectivesNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 23:81-6. 2002..Suggestions are made for areas in which more research is needed, from both a counselor's and researcher's perspective... - Discounting of delayed rewards in substance abusers: relationship to antisocial personality disorderNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 162:425-32. 2002..Delay discounting is associated with impulsivity and drug abuse, and this study evaluated the relationship between discounting of delayed rewards and antisocial personality disorder (ASP)... - Effects of gender and family history of alcohol dependence on a behavioral task of impulsivity in healthy subjectsNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030 3944, USA
J Stud Alcohol 63:83-90. 2002.... - Heroin and cocaine abusers have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than alcoholics or non-drug-using controlsKris N Kirby
Department of Psychology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA
Addiction 99:461-71. 2004..The delay-discount rate refers to the rate of reduction in the present value of a future reward as the delay to that reward increases... - Gambling and suicidality in treatment-seeking pathological gamblersDavid M Ledgerwood
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3944, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:711-4. 2004..The implications of these findings for the identification and treatment of gamblers at risk for suicide are discussed... - Age of gambling initiation and severity of gambling and health problems among older adult problem gamblersAlesia N Burge
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3944, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:1437-9. 2004..These data suggest that gambling that begins in adolescence may be associated with an elevated severity of problems throughout the life span among older adult problem gamblers... - Effects of lower-cost incentives on stimulant abstinence in methadone maintenance treatment: a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network studyJessica M Peirce
Mid Atlantic Node, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:201-8. 2006.... - Vouchers versus prizes: contingency management treatment of substance abusers in community settingsNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, 06030 3944, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:1005-14. 2005..Thus, prize and voucher CM systems are equally efficacious in promoting long durations of abstinence, which in turn are associated with benefits posttreatment... - Prize-based contingency management does not increase gamblingNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 83:269-73. 2006..No differences in gambling over time were noted between those assigned to the prize CM versus standard care conditions, indicating that this prize CM procedure does not adversely impact gambling behavior among stimulant abusers... - Does contingency management affect motivation to change substance use?David M Ledgerwood
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 83:65-72. 2006..Future studies should further examine motivation change in CM treatment using different assessment tools and conceptualizations of motivation, extending these effects to other treatment settings and populations... - Relationship between custodial status and psychosocial problems among cocaine-abusing parents initiating substance abuse treatmentMarilyn W Lewis
Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, 06030-3944, USA
Am J Addict 14:403-15. 2005..Suggestions are made for differential treatment plans based on these findings... - Effect of prize-based incentives on outcomes in stimulant abusers in outpatient psychosocial treatment programs: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network studyNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:1148-56. 2005.... - Antisocial personality disorder is associated with increased severity of gambling, medical, drug and psychiatric problems among treatment-seeking pathological gamblersRobert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
Addiction 100:1183-93. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: These results underscore the importance of assessing a wide range of behaviors and personality indices, including ASPD, among treatment-seeking pathological gamblers... - Contingency management treatments that reinforce completion of goal-related activities: participation in family activities and its association with outcomesMarilyn W Lewis
School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3944, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 79:267-71. 2005..These data suggest that participants who elect to complete family related activities during CM treatments may evidence improved outcomes and reduced family conflict... - Health and psychosocial correlates of disordered gambling in older adultsRobert H Pietrzak
Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3944, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:510-9. 2005.... - Comorbidity of DSM-IV pathological gambling and other psychiatric disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 66:564-74. 2005.... - Prize reinforcement contingency management for cocaine dependence: integration with group therapy in a methadone clinicNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:354-9. 2005..On average, patients in the CM condition earned $117 in prizes. Data from this study suggest that some aspects of reinforcement can be implemented in group therapy in community-based clinics... - Stages of change in treatment-seeking pathological gamblersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:312-22. 2005..This study provides initial support for reliability and validity of the URICA in treatment-seeking gamblers, and it suggests that stage of change may have an impact on outcomes... - Gamblers anonymous and cognitive-behavioral therapies for pathological gamblersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Gambl Stud 21:27-33. 2005..This paper describes some outcome data associated with the two approaches. It also reviews evidence suggesting that a combined intervention may enhance therapy engagement and reduce relapse rates... - A comparison of young, middle-aged, and older adult treatment-seeking pathological gamblersNancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030 3944, USA
Gerontologist 42:92-9. 2002..Pathological gambling is an increasing public health concern, but very little is known about this disorder in older adults. This study evaluated gambling and psychosocial problems across age groups in treatment-seeking gamblers...