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Effectiveness of Contingency Management in the Treatment of Crack Addiction for Individuals Living in the "Crackland" Region. A Single-blind Randomized Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Contingency Management and Standard treatment for Substance Use Disorders and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 98 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Crack addiction has become a severe public health problem in Brazil. Crack users present elevated prevalence rates of psychiatric comorbidities, sexual transmitted infections and unemployment with high probability of living or have lived in the streets, history of incarceration and engagement in illegal activities. For the last 20 years a treatment called Contingency Management (CM) have achieved the best results regarding reduction of substance use, promotion of abstinence, treatment attendance and retention in treatment. The first CM study conducted in Brazil advocates for the efficacy of CM on all of these outcomes, suggesting that CM can be effective in a Brazilian population of crack users.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Participants will receive vouchers with monetary value for submitting crack cocaine negative urine samples
Participants will receive the standard treatment offered at Unidade Recomeço Helvétia treatment program