TY - JOUR
T1 - A reinforcement-based Therapeutic Workplace for the treatment of drug abuse
T2 - Six-month abstinence outcomes
AU - Silverman, Kenneth
AU - Svikis, Dace
AU - Robles, Elias
AU - Stitzer, Maxine L.
AU - Bigelow, George E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - This study evaluated a novel drug abuse treatment, the Therapeutic Workplace. In this treatment, patients are paid to perform jobs or to participate in job training. Salary is linked to abstinence by requiring patients to provide drug-free urine samples to gain access to the workplace. Pregnant and postpartum drug abuse patients (N = 40) were randomly assigned to a Therapeutic Workplace or usual care control group. Therapeutic Workplace participants were invited to work 3 hr every weekday for 6 months and could earn up to $4,030 in vouchers for abstinence, workplace attendance, and performance. On average, 45% of participants attended the workplace per day. Relative to controls, the Therapeutic Workplace nearly doubled patients' abstinence from opiates and cocaine (33% vs. 59% of thrice-weekly urine samples drug negative, respectively, p < .05). The Therapeutic Workplace can effectively treat heroin and cocaine abuse in pregnant and postpartum women.
AB - This study evaluated a novel drug abuse treatment, the Therapeutic Workplace. In this treatment, patients are paid to perform jobs or to participate in job training. Salary is linked to abstinence by requiring patients to provide drug-free urine samples to gain access to the workplace. Pregnant and postpartum drug abuse patients (N = 40) were randomly assigned to a Therapeutic Workplace or usual care control group. Therapeutic Workplace participants were invited to work 3 hr every weekday for 6 months and could earn up to $4,030 in vouchers for abstinence, workplace attendance, and performance. On average, 45% of participants attended the workplace per day. Relative to controls, the Therapeutic Workplace nearly doubled patients' abstinence from opiates and cocaine (33% vs. 59% of thrice-weekly urine samples drug negative, respectively, p < .05). The Therapeutic Workplace can effectively treat heroin and cocaine abuse in pregnant and postpartum women.
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U2 - 10.1037/1064-1297.9.1.14
DO - 10.1037/1064-1297.9.1.14
M3 - Article
C2 - 11519628
AN - SCOPUS:0034858122
SN - 1064-1297
VL - 9
SP - 14
EP - 23
JO - Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology
JF - Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology
IS - 1
ER -