Community reinforcement approach and family training

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Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training (CRAFT), developed by Robert J. Meyers^[who?] in the late 1970s, is a behavioural therapy approach for treating drug addiction. Meyers had worked with Nathan Azrin in the early 1970s and also developed his own Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) to treat many drug addicts, which uses operant conditioning (also called contingency management) techniques aimed at individuals with addictions to learn about behavioural modification. CRAFT is an adaption of CRA intended by its inventor to leverage the family of an addict.^[1] An example of this is when the family of an addict is taught to use supportive techniques and strategies to protect themselves from harm.