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From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News:
A methamphetamine addiction treatment regimen that combines the Matrix Model of psychosocial therapy with rewards for patients who produce clean urine samples works better than therapy alone, according to researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The CM patients produced more drug-free urine samples, and also were abstinent for more consecutive days than a control group.
"The Matrix Model of psychosocial treatment currently is thought to be the most effective therapy for methamphetamine addiction, and CM has shown itself to increase the therapeutic effectiveness of treatments for other drug abuse disorders.
The research, led by John Roll of Washington State University, was published in the November 2006 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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Posted on November 5, 2006 05:06 PM
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