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Contingency Management (CM) optimizes substance use disorder treatment by using financial incentives. New methods found an optimal CM strategy that rapidly increases reinforcement mid-treatment, improving outcomes by 32% while maintaining costs.

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  • Contingency Management (CM) uses financial incentives to modify behavior in substance use disorders (SUDs).
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