Incentives Help Pregnant Women Who Are Addicted to Drugs Stay Clean

Incentives Help Pregnant Women Who Are Addicted To Drugs Stay Clean

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According to research in the September issue of Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, the importance of drug abstinence among pregnant women with heroin or cocaine addiction can be promoted by a "contingency management" approach, which offers …
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Pregnant Women Undergoing Methadone Treatment Caught in a Lose-Lose …

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Methadone maintenance is the treatment of choice for addicts trying to wean themselves off opiates, but, for pregnant women, methadone can provide judges and caseworkers with the evidence needed to arbitrarily separate recovering addicts from their …
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Incentives can help promote drug abstinence among pregnant women with …

Filed under: drug abuse help centers for pregnant women

A "contingency management" approach—offering incentives for negative drug tests—can help promote drug abstinence among pregnant women with heroin or cocaine addiction, reports a study in the September Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment. The …
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