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A Randomized Trial of Contingency Management Delivered in the Context of Group Counseling
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Petry, Nancy M.; Weinstock, Jeremiah; Alessi, Sheila M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Contingency management (CM) is efficacious in reducing drug use. Typically, reinforcers are provided on an individual basis to patients for submitting drug-negative samples. However, most treatment is provided in a group context, and poor attendance is a substantial concern. This study evaluated whether adding CM to group-based…
Descriptors: Counseling Objectives, Contingency Management, Drug Use, Patients
A Weight-Reduction Program for Schizophrenic Patients on a Token Economy Unit: Two Case Studies
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Upper, Dennis; Newton, Judith G. – Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971
Overweight patients on a token economy psychiatric ward were reinforced with tokens, off ward privileges and social approval for meeting a weight loss criterion of three pounds per week. The progress of two subjects, both chronic paranoid schizophrenics, is described. The procedure appears to be effective. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Eating Habits, Health
Token Reinforcement Therapy: A Comparison of Matched Groups
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Shean, Glenn D.; Zeidberg, Zeena – Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971
A token economy program established for psychiatric patients compared them to a control group on ward behavior, rating scales, participation in instrumental role activities, self care behavior and extra hospital visits. Results indicated improvement on ward behavior rating scales and greater participation in instrumental role activities for…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Mental Disorders
Effects of Conditioning upon Preexperimentally Acquired Verbal Habit in Psychiatric Patients
Hurt, Michael L.; Etaugh, Claire Falk – J Abnorm Psychol, 1969
Reprints from: Claire Falk Etaugh, Department of Psychology, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61606.
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Mental Disorders, Patients, Psycholinguistics
Role Playing and Incentives in the Modification of the Social Interaction of Chronic Psychiatric Patients
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Doty, David Warren – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
This article studied the relative and combined effectiveness of role playing and monetary incentives to increase the social interaction and responsiveness of chronic male psychiatric patients. Trend analyses of ward data and experimental findings consistently indicated significant positive changes at posttreatment for only those groups receiving…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Males, Motivation, Patients
Behavioral Treatments During Outpatient Methadone Maintenance: A Controlled Evaluation.
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Bigelow, George; And Others – 1976
The Treatment Evaluation Project was established to evaluate the feasibility of using behavioral treatment in conjunction with methadone maintenance to improve the effectiveness of methadone treatment. Over 100 outpatients were accepted into treatment and randomly assigned to one of four behavioral treatment modalities in addition to the usual…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Clinics, Contingency Management, Desensitization
Conditions Affecting Sheltered Workshop Attendance in a Token Economy.
Miller, Harold R.; And Others – 1962
In order to examine the effectiveness of a token economy program, sheltered workshop attendance of chronic schizophrenics was investigated under the following conditions: response cost versus no response cost consequences for nonattendance; response cost and noncontingent token payment; and restricted versus unrestricted mobility during the no…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Evaluation Methods