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ConGam-PS: developing and evaluating a measurement tool of treatment providers’ views about contingency management for gambling

Jack McGarrigle, Lucy Dorey, Darren Christensen, Richard May, Alice E. Hoon, Simon Dymond Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/16066359.2023.2247978

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Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based behavioral intervention highly effective at promoting behavior change. Despite evidence of its efficacy, the extension of CM to the treatment of harmful gambling has been slow. Wider dissemination of CM may be facilitated through identification of per...

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