Can a motivational letter increase attendance to psychological treatment for gambling disorder?

Rory A. Pfund; James P. Whelan; Samuel C. Peter; Andrew W. Meyers

doi:10.1037/ser0000291

Suicidal behavior in patients with gambling disorder and their response to psychological treatment: The roles of gender and gambling preference

Journal of Psychiatric Research ◽

10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.09.027 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Eduardo Valenciano-Mendoza ◽

Fernando Fernández-Aranda ◽

Roser Granero ◽

Mónica Gómez-Peña ◽

Laura Moragas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Suicidal Behavior ◽

Gambling Disorder ◽

Psychological Treatment ◽

Gambling Preference

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People with gambling disorder and risky alcohol habits benefit more from motivational interviewing than from cognitive behavioral group therapy

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.1899 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. e1899 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Henrik Josephson ◽

Per Carlbring ◽

Lars Forsberg ◽

Ingvar Rosendahl

Keyword(s):

Group Therapy ◽

Motivational Interviewing ◽

Gambling Disorder ◽

Psychological Treatment ◽

Cognitive Behavioral ◽

Research Centre ◽

Control Group ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽

Risky Alcohol ◽

Behavioral Group

Background. Effective psychological treatment, including cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing (MI), is available for people with problematic gambling behaviors. To advance the development of treatment for gambling disorder, it is critical to further investigate how comorbidity impacts different types of treatments. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether screening for risky alcohol habits can provide guidance on whether people with gambling disorder should be recommended cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) or MI.Methods.The present study is a secondary analysis of a previous randomized controlled trial that compared the effects of CBGT, MI and a waitlist control group in the treatment of disordered gambling. Assessment and treatment was conducted at an outpatient dependency clinic in Stockholm, Sweden, where 53 trial participants with gambling disorder began treatment. A modified version of the National Opinion Research Centre DSM-IV Screen for gambling problems was used to assess gambling disorder. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used to screen for risky alcohol habits.Results.The interaction between treatment and alcohol habits was significant and suggests that patients with gambling disorder and risky alcohol habits were better helped by MI, while those without risky alcohol habits were better helped by CBGT.Conclusions.The results support a screening procedure including the AUDIT prior to starting treatment for gambling disorder because the result of the screening can provide guidance in the choice of treatment. Patients with gambling disorder and risky alcohol habits are likely to be best helped if they are referred to MI, while those without risky alcohol habits are likely to be best helped if they are referred to CBGT.

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Chronic Pain: Fundamental Scientific Considerations, Specifically for Legal Claims

Guides Newsletter ◽

10.1001/amaguidesnewsletters.2013.janfeb01 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 1-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robert J. Barth

Keyword(s):

Health Outcomes ◽

Pain Perception ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Psychological Treatment ◽

Dominant Role ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

General Medicine ◽

Pain Syndrome ◽

Problematic Relationship

Abstract Scientific findings have indicated that psychological and social factors are the driving forces behind most chronic benign pain presentations, especially in a claim context, and are relevant to at least three of the AMA Guides publications: AMA Guides to Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation, AMA Guides to Work Ability and Return to Work, and AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. The author reviews and summarizes studies that have identified the dominant role of financial, psychological, and other non–general medicine factors in patients who report low back pain. For example, one meta-analysis found that compensation results in an increase in pain perception and a reduction in the ability to benefit from medical and psychological treatment. Other studies have found a correlation between the level of compensation and health outcomes (greater compensation is associated with worse outcomes), and legal systems that discourage compensation for pain produce better health outcomes. One study found that, among persons with carpal tunnel syndrome, claimants had worse outcomes than nonclaimants despite receiving more treatment; another examined the problematic relationship between complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and compensation and found that cases of CRPS are dominated by legal claims, a disparity that highlights the dominant role of compensation. Workers’ compensation claimants are almost never evaluated for personality disorders or mental illness. The article concludes with recommendations that evaluators can consider in individual cases.

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Are Individuals in Rorschach Nonpatient Samples Truly Psychologically Healthy?

Rorschachiana Journal of the International Society for the Rorschach ◽

10.1027/1192-5604/a000052 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 112-155 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Anna Maria Rosso ◽

Andrea Camoirano ◽

Gabriele Schiaffino

Keyword(s):

Psychological Treatment ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Future Research ◽

Extensive Form ◽

Community Needs ◽

Rorschach Comprehensive System ◽

Form Quality ◽

And Coping ◽

Rorschach Variables

Abstract. The aim of this study was to collect a Rorschach Comprehensive System (RCS) adult nonpatient sample from Italy using more stringent exclusion criteria and controlling for psychopathology, taking into account the methodological suggestions of Ritzler and Sciara (2008) . The authors hypothesized that: (a) adult nonpatient samples are not truly psychologically healthy, in that a high number of psychopathological symptoms are experienced by participants, particularly anxiety and depression, although they have never been in psychological treatment; (b) significant differences emerge between healthy and nonhealthy groups on Rorschach variables, particularly on CS psychopathological indexes; (c) RCS psychopathological indexes are significantly correlated in the expected direction with scores on psychopathological scales. The results confirmed the hypotheses, indicating the need to collect psychologically healthy samples in addition to normative and nonpatient samples. Because differences were found in the comparison between Exner’s sample (2007) and the healthy group in this study regarding form quality and coping styles, the authors suggest that future research should investigate the construct validity of ambitent style and culturally specific influences on form quality. Moreover, the Rorschach scientific community needs to have more extensive form quality tables, enriched with objects that are currently not included.

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