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The token economy as a research method in alcoholism

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“Frequently such reinforcers as medical care, custodial services, disability payments, and personal attention are denied the alcoholic in the early stages of his career, and are made contingent on his demonstrating advanced or irreversible physical and psychological deterioration. ... Whether clues toward [strategies for early intervention] may evolve from the laboratory will constitute the ultimate test of the token economy as a research tool in alcoholism.”

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  1. Alcoholism Research Unit of Baltimore City Hospitals, 4940 Eastern Avenue, 21224, Baltimore, Maryland

    Ira A. Liebson M.D., Miriam Cohen Ph.D., Louis A. Faillace M.D. & Robert F. Ward M.D.

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore City Hospitals, 4940 Eastern Avenue, 21224, Baltimore, Maryland

    Ira A. Liebson M.D., Miriam Cohen Ph.D., Louis A. Faillace M.D. & Robert F. Ward M.D.

  3. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

    Ira A. Liebson M.D., Miriam Cohen Ph.D., Louis A. Faillace M.D. & Robert F. Ward M.D.

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Supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, Grant MH-14251.

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Liebson, I.A., Cohen, M., Faillace, L.A. et al. The token economy as a research method in alcoholism. Psych Quar 45, 574–581 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563218

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