Copyright 2007 Robert J. Meyers, Ph.D.
Selected CRA Publications
Meyers, R.J. & Gardin, J. (2007): "How to Engage the Treatment Resistant Substance Abuser," Spotlight on Recovery Spring Issue, Part 1, Issue 12.
Meyers, R.J. & Smith, J.E. (2007): "CRA-Manual zur Behandlung von Alkoholabhangigkeit [Clinical Guide to Alcohol Treatment: The Community Reinforcement Approach]." Psychiatrie-Verlag, Bonn. (Germany).
Meyers, R.J., (Author), & Yu, J. (Director) (2007): "Getting an Addict into Treatment: The CRAFT Approach" [television series episode]. In J. Hoffman & S. Froemke (Producers), The HBO Addiction Series; Why Can't They Stop? HBO New York, New York.
Slesnick, N., Prestopnik, J.L., Meyers, R.J. & Glassman, M. (2007): "Treatment Outcome for Street-living, Homeless Youth," Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1237-1251.
Meyers, R.J. & Wolfe, B.L. (2006): "Rakkaasta Raitis: Vaihtoehtoja nalkuttamiselle, anelulle ja uhkailulle [Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to nagging, pleading, and threatening]'" Kustantaja Suomessa Myllyhoitoyhdistys ry. (Finland).
Meyers, R. J., Austin, J. L., & Smith, J. E. (2006): "Enlisting Family Members to Address Treatment Refusal in Substance Abusers," Psychiatric Times, 23, 31-34.
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Villanueva, M. (2005): "The Community Reinforcement Approach: History and Empirical Validation," Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, Volume 19, Number 3, Fall.
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Lash, D.N. (2005): "A Program for Engaging Treatment-Refusing Substance Abuser into Treatment: CRAFT", International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, Volume 1, No. 2, Spring.
Scruggs, S.M., Meyers, R.J., & Kayo, R. (2005): "Community Reinforcement and Family Training, Support and Prevention (CRAFT-SP)," Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Meyers, R.J., & Gardin, J. (2004). Empirically supported substance abuse treatment: The community reinforcement approach. (Available through San Francisco bay area center for cognitive therapy website www.therapyadvisor.com).
Smith, J. E., Meyers, R. J., & Miller, W. R. (2004). Take the network into treatment. Drug and Alcohol Findings, 10, 4-7.
Smith, J.E., Milford, J.L., & Meyers, R. J. (2004). CRA and CRAFT: Behavioral approaches to treating substance-abusing individuals. The Behavior Analyst Today, Vol. 5 (4), 391-403.
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Lash, D. (2003). The Community Reinforcement Approach. In (Eds.) M. Galanter. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Research on Alcoholism Vol. XVI. New York: Kluwer/Plenum.
Diamond, G., Godley, S.H., Liddle, H., Webb, C., Sampl, S., Tims, F., Meyers, R. (2002). Five outpatient models for adolescent marijuana use: A description of the Cannabis Youth Treatment interventions. Addiction, 97, 69-82.
Smith, J.E., Meyers, R.J., & Milford, J. (2002). The community reinforcement approach. In R. Hester & W. Miller's (Eds.) Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (3rd ed.), New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Godley, S. H., Meyers, R. J., Smith, J. E., Godley, M. D., Titus, J. M., Karvinen, T., Dent, G., Passetti, L., & Kelberg, P. (2001). The Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Series, Volume 4. DHHS Pub. No. 01-3489. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Meyers, R.J. & Godley, M.D. (2001). Shaping of the Community Reinforcement Approach. In R. Meyers & W. Miller (Eds.). A Community Reinforcement approach to the treatment of addiction. Cambridge, UK: University Press.
Smith, J.E., Meyers, R.J., & Miller, W.R. (2001). The community reinforcement approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. The American Journal of Addictions Vol. 10 (suppl), 51-59.
Smith, J. E. & Meyers, R. J. (2000). CRA: The community reinforcement approach for treating alcohol problems. In M. Dougher (Ed), Clinical behavioral analysis: Research and theory. Context Press.
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Waldorf, V.A. (1999). Application of the community reinforcement approach. In E. Dowd & L. Rugle (Eds.), Comparative treatments of substance abuse. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Miller, W.R. & Meyers, R.J. (1999). The Community Reinforcement Approach. Alcohol Research and Health, 23, 2, 116-121.
Smith, J. E., Meyers, R. J., & Waldorf, V.A. (1999). Covering all bases: Engaging and treating individuals with alcohol problems. In J. Hannigan, N. Spear, L. Spear, & C. Goodlett (Eds.), Alcohol and alcoholism: Brain and development. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum associates.
Wolfe, B. L., & Meyers, R. J. (1999). Cost-effective alcohol treatment: The community reinforcement approach. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 6, 105-109.
Smith, J.E., Meyers, R.J. & Delaney, H. D. (1998). The community reinforcement approach with homeless alcohol-dependent individuals. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Vol. 66, No3, 541-548.
Smith, J. E. & Meyers, R. J. (1995). The community reinforcement approach. In R. Hester & W. Miller's (Eds.) Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (2nd ed.), New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Azrin, N. H., Sisson, R. W., Meyers, R. J., & Godley, M. D. (1982). Alcoholism treatment by disulfiram and community reinforcement therapy. Journal of Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 13, 105-112.
Mallams, J. H., Godley, M. D., Hall, G. M., Meyers, R. J. (1982). A social systems approach to resocializing alcoholics in the community. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 43, 1115-1123.
Selected CRAFT Publications
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Lash, D.N. (2005). A program for engaging treatment-refusing substance abuser into treatment: CRAFT. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, Volume 1, No. 2, Spring.
Meyers, R.J., & Gardin, J. (2004). Empirically supported substance abuse treatment: The community reinforcement approach. (Available through San Francisco bay area center for cognitive therapy website www.therapyadvisor.com).
Pinsky, D., Seppala, M.D., Meyers, R.J., Gardin, J, White, W.L., & Brown, S. (2004). When painkillers become dangerous: What everyone needs to know about oxycontin and other prescription drugs? Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services, Center City MN.
Smith, J. E., Meyers, R. J., & Miller, W. R. (2004). Take the network into treatment. Drug and Alcohol Findings, 10, 4-7.
Smith, J.E., Milford, J.L., & Meyers, R. J. (2004). CRA and CRAFT: Behavioral approaches to treating substance-abusing individuals. The Behavior Analyst Today, Vol. 5 (4), 391-403.
Wolfe, B.L., & Meyers, R.J. (2004) Community Reinforcement and Family Training: Getting Loved Ones Sober. The Counselor Publication of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Vol. 5, No. 3, 57-60.
Meyers, R.J., Miller, W.R., Smith, J.E., & Tonigan, J.S. (2002). A randomized trial of two methods for engaging treatment-refusing drug users through concerned significant others. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Vol .70, No. 5, 1182-1185.
Smith, J.E., Meyers, R.J., & Milford, J. (2002). The community reinforcement approach. In R. Hester & W. Miller's (Eds.) Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (3nd ed.), New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Meyers, R.J. Miller, W.R. & Smith J.E. (2001). Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT). In R. Meyers & W. Miller (Eds.). A Community Reinforcement approach to the treatment of addiction. Cambridge, UK: University Press.
Kirby, K. C., Marlowe, D. B., Festinger, D. S., Garvey, K. A., & LaMonaca, V. (1999). Community reinforcement training for family and significant others of drug abusers: A unilateral intervention to increase treatment entry of drug users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 56, 85-96.
Meyers, R. J., Miller, W.R., Hill, D. E., & Tonigan, J. S. (1999). Community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT): Engaging unmotivated drug users in treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse, 10, 3, 291-308.
Miller, W.R., Meyers, R.J., & Tonigan J.S. (1999). Engaging the unmotivated in treatment for alcohol problems: A comparison of three intervention strategies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 5, 688-697.
Meyers, R. J., Smith, J. E., & Miller E.J., (1998). Working through the concerned significant other: Community reinforcement and family training. In W.R. Miller & N. Heather (Eds.), Treating addictive behaviors: Processes of change (2nd edition). New York: Plenum Press.
Meyers, R. J. & Wolfe, B.L. (1998). Community reinforcement and family training for families of substance abusers: Everybody can win. The Counselor. November/December, 24-29.
Meyers, R. J. & Wolfe, B.L. (1998). Helping employees help their substance abusing loved ones. EAP Digest, March/April, 12-13.
Meyers, R. J. & Smith, J. E. (1997). Getting off the fence: Procedures to engage treatment resistant drinkers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 14, 467-472.
Meyers, R. J., Dominguez, T. & Smith, J. E. (1996). Community reinforcement training with concerned others. In V. B. Hasselt & M. Hersen's (Eds.) Source of psychological treatment manuals for adult disorders. New York: Plenum Press.
Meyers, R. J., Hill, D. E., Miller, E. J., Lopez, V. C., & Miller W. R., (November, 1996). Engaging and retaining resistant drug users in treatment: The community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT). Proceedings of the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, 388. Washington, D.C. (Abstract).
Sisson, R. W., & Mallams, J. H. (1981). The use of systematic encouragement and community access procedures to increase attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon meetings. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 8, 371-376.
Meyers, R.J. & Gardin, J. (2007): "How to Engage the Treatment Resistant Substance Abuser," Spotlight on Recovery Spring Issue, Part 1, Issue 12.
Meyers, R.J. & Smith, J.E. (2007): "CRA-Manual zur Behandlung von Alkoholabhangigkeit [Clinical Guide to Alcohol Treatment: The Community Reinforcement Approach]." Psychiatrie-Verlag, Bonn. (Germany).
Meyers, R.J., (Author), & Yu, J. (Director) (2007): "Getting an Addict into Treatment: The CRAFT Approach" [television series episode]. In J. Hoffman & S. Froemke (Producers), The HBO Addiction Series; Why Can't They Stop? HBO New York, New York.
Slesnick, N., Prestopnik, J.L., Meyers, R.J. & Glassman, M. (2007): "Treatment Outcome for Street-living, Homeless Youth," Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1237-1251.
Meyers, R.J. & Wolfe, B.L. (2006): "Rakkaasta Raitis: Vaihtoehtoja nalkuttamiselle, anelulle ja uhkailulle [Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to nagging, pleading, and threatening]'" Kustantaja Suomessa Myllyhoitoyhdistys ry. (Finland).
Meyers, R. J., Austin, J. L., & Smith, J. E. (2006): "Enlisting Family Members to Address Treatment Refusal in Substance Abusers," Psychiatric Times, 23, 31-34.
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Villanueva, M. (2005): "The Community Reinforcement Approach: History and Empirical Validation," Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, Volume 19, Number 3, Fall.
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Lash, D.N. (2005): "A Program for Engaging Treatment-Refusing Substance Abuser into Treatment: CRAFT", International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, Volume 1, No. 2, Spring.
Scruggs, S.M., Meyers, R.J., & Kayo, R. (2005): "Community Reinforcement and Family Training, Support and Prevention (CRAFT-SP)," Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Meyers, R.J., & Gardin, J. (2004). Empirically supported substance abuse treatment: The community reinforcement approach. (Available through San Francisco bay area center for cognitive therapy website www.therapyadvisor.com).
Smith, J. E., Meyers, R. J., & Miller, W. R. (2004). Take the network into treatment. Drug and Alcohol Findings, 10, 4-7.
Smith, J.E., Milford, J.L., & Meyers, R. J. (2004). CRA and CRAFT: Behavioral approaches to treating substance-abusing individuals. The Behavior Analyst Today, Vol. 5 (4), 391-403.
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Lash, D. (2003). The Community Reinforcement Approach. In (Eds.) M. Galanter. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Research on Alcoholism Vol. XVI. New York: Kluwer/Plenum.
Diamond, G., Godley, S.H., Liddle, H., Webb, C., Sampl, S., Tims, F., Meyers, R. (2002). Five outpatient models for adolescent marijuana use: A description of the Cannabis Youth Treatment interventions. Addiction, 97, 69-82.
Smith, J.E., Meyers, R.J., & Milford, J. (2002). The community reinforcement approach. In R. Hester & W. Miller's (Eds.) Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (3rd ed.), New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Godley, S. H., Meyers, R. J., Smith, J. E., Godley, M. D., Titus, J. M., Karvinen, T., Dent, G., Passetti, L., & Kelberg, P. (2001). The Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Series, Volume 4. DHHS Pub. No. 01-3489. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Meyers, R.J. & Godley, M.D. (2001). Shaping of the Community Reinforcement Approach. In R. Meyers & W. Miller (Eds.). A Community Reinforcement approach to the treatment of addiction. Cambridge, UK: University Press.
Smith, J.E., Meyers, R.J., & Miller, W.R. (2001). The community reinforcement approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. The American Journal of Addictions Vol. 10 (suppl), 51-59.
Smith, J. E. & Meyers, R. J. (2000). CRA: The community reinforcement approach for treating alcohol problems. In M. Dougher (Ed), Clinical behavioral analysis: Research and theory. Context Press.
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Waldorf, V.A. (1999). Application of the community reinforcement approach. In E. Dowd & L. Rugle (Eds.), Comparative treatments of substance abuse. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Miller, W.R. & Meyers, R.J. (1999). The Community Reinforcement Approach. Alcohol Research and Health, 23, 2, 116-121.
Smith, J. E., Meyers, R. J., & Waldorf, V.A. (1999). Covering all bases: Engaging and treating individuals with alcohol problems. In J. Hannigan, N. Spear, L. Spear, & C. Goodlett (Eds.), Alcohol and alcoholism: Brain and development. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum associates.
Wolfe, B. L., & Meyers, R. J. (1999). Cost-effective alcohol treatment: The community reinforcement approach. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 6, 105-109.
Smith, J.E., Meyers, R.J. & Delaney, H. D. (1998). The community reinforcement approach with homeless alcohol-dependent individuals. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Vol. 66, No3, 541-548.
Smith, J. E. & Meyers, R. J. (1995). The community reinforcement approach. In R. Hester & W. Miller's (Eds.) Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (2nd ed.), New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Azrin, N. H., Sisson, R. W., Meyers, R. J., & Godley, M. D. (1982). Alcoholism treatment by disulfiram and community reinforcement therapy. Journal of Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 13, 105-112.
Mallams, J. H., Godley, M. D., Hall, G. M., Meyers, R. J. (1982). A social systems approach to resocializing alcoholics in the community. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 43, 1115-1123.
Selected CRAFT Publications
Meyers, R.J., Smith, J.E., & Lash, D.N. (2005). A program for engaging treatment-refusing substance abuser into treatment: CRAFT. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, Volume 1, No. 2, Spring.
Meyers, R.J., & Gardin, J. (2004). Empirically supported substance abuse treatment: The community reinforcement approach. (Available through San Francisco bay area center for cognitive therapy website www.therapyadvisor.com).
Pinsky, D., Seppala, M.D., Meyers, R.J., Gardin, J, White, W.L., & Brown, S. (2004). When painkillers become dangerous: What everyone needs to know about oxycontin and other prescription drugs? Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services, Center City MN.
Smith, J. E., Meyers, R. J., & Miller, W. R. (2004). Take the network into treatment. Drug and Alcohol Findings, 10, 4-7.
Smith, J.E., Milford, J.L., & Meyers, R. J. (2004). CRA and CRAFT: Behavioral approaches to treating substance-abusing individuals. The Behavior Analyst Today, Vol. 5 (4), 391-403.
Wolfe, B.L., & Meyers, R.J. (2004) Community Reinforcement and Family Training: Getting Loved Ones Sober. The Counselor Publication of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Vol. 5, No. 3, 57-60.
Meyers, R.J., Miller, W.R., Smith, J.E., & Tonigan, J.S. (2002). A randomized trial of two methods for engaging treatment-refusing drug users through concerned significant others. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Vol .70, No. 5, 1182-1185.
Smith, J.E., Meyers, R.J., & Milford, J. (2002). The community reinforcement approach. In R. Hester & W. Miller's (Eds.) Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (3nd ed.), New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Meyers, R.J. Miller, W.R. & Smith J.E. (2001). Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT). In R. Meyers & W. Miller (Eds.). A Community Reinforcement approach to the treatment of addiction. Cambridge, UK: University Press.
Kirby, K. C., Marlowe, D. B., Festinger, D. S., Garvey, K. A., & LaMonaca, V. (1999). Community reinforcement training for family and significant others of drug abusers: A unilateral intervention to increase treatment entry of drug users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 56, 85-96.
Meyers, R. J., Miller, W.R., Hill, D. E., & Tonigan, J. S. (1999). Community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT): Engaging unmotivated drug users in treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse, 10, 3, 291-308.
Miller, W.R., Meyers, R.J., & Tonigan J.S. (1999). Engaging the unmotivated in treatment for alcohol problems: A comparison of three intervention strategies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 5, 688-697.
Meyers, R. J., Smith, J. E., & Miller E.J., (1998). Working through the concerned significant other: Community reinforcement and family training. In W.R. Miller & N. Heather (Eds.), Treating addictive behaviors: Processes of change (2nd edition). New York: Plenum Press.
Meyers, R. J. & Wolfe, B.L. (1998). Community reinforcement and family training for families of substance abusers: Everybody can win. The Counselor. November/December, 24-29.
Meyers, R. J. & Wolfe, B.L. (1998). Helping employees help their substance abusing loved ones. EAP Digest, March/April, 12-13.
Meyers, R. J. & Smith, J. E. (1997). Getting off the fence: Procedures to engage treatment resistant drinkers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 14, 467-472.
Meyers, R. J., Dominguez, T. & Smith, J. E. (1996). Community reinforcement training with concerned others. In V. B. Hasselt & M. Hersen's (Eds.) Source of psychological treatment manuals for adult disorders. New York: Plenum Press.
Meyers, R. J., Hill, D. E., Miller, E. J., Lopez, V. C., & Miller W. R., (November, 1996). Engaging and retaining resistant drug users in treatment: The community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT). Proceedings of the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, 388. Washington, D.C. (Abstract).
Sisson, R. W., & Mallams, J. H. (1981). The use of systematic encouragement and community access procedures to increase attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon meetings. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 8, 371-376.
Dr. Meyers, Dr. Smith, Dr. Azrin, and Dr. Besalel attend the 2004 AABT conference in New Orleans