{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Contingency Management for Drug Use Disorders: Meta-Analysis and Application of Tolin's Criteria.
{Author}: Pfund RA;Ginley MK;Boness CL;Rash CJ;Zajac K;Witkiewitz K;
{Journal}: Clin Psychol (New York)
{Volume}: 31
{Issue}: 2
{Year}: 2024 Jun
{Factor}: 6.333
{DOI}: 10.1037/cps0000121
{Abstract}: Several professional organizations and federal agencies recommend contingency management (CM) as an empirically supported treatment for drug use disorder. However, the release of the "Tolin criteria" warrants an updated recommendation. Using this methodology, five meta-analyses (84 studies, 11,000 participants) were reviewed. Two meta-analyses were rated moderate quality, and three were rated low or critically low quality. Comparator conditions included active treatment, placebo, treatment as usual, and no treatment. The primary outcome was abstinence. Considering only the moderate quality meta-analyses, the effect of CM versus control on posttreatment abstinence was d = 0.54 [0.43, 0.64] and follow-up abstinence was d=0.08 [0.00, 0.16]. A "strong" recommendation was provided for CM as an empirically supported treatment for drug use disorder.