Home-based imaginal desensitisation in pathological gambling: Short-term outcomes

Behaviour Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-21

  Blaszczynski, Alex ^a,b   Drobny, Juliette ^b   Steel, Zachary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOMETRY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CONTROL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 21244500533     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.22.1.13.66782     Document Type: Article

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