Study Examines Cost-Effectiveness of Using Prizes to Treat Stimulant Abusers.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-4 October 2006-YALE UNIVERSITY: Study Examines Cost-Effectiveness of Using Prizes to Treat Stimulant Abusers(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03102006 New Haven, Conn. - Stimulant abusers rewarded with prizes for submitting drug-free urine samples have longer periods of continuous abstinence--but cost more to treat--than those in traditional therapy, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the September issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Led by Todd A. Olmstead, associate research scientist in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine (EPH), the research team analyzed a clinical trial, conducted within the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network, in which 415...