A systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioural interventions to reduce problem gambling: Hedging our bets?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 592-607

  Gooding, Patricia ^a   Tarrier, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CBT; Meta analysis; Problem gambling; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66049129259     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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