Does the treatment of cognitive distortions improve clinical outcomes for problem gambling?

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-229

  Toneatto, Tony ^a   Gunaratne, Mekhala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Pathological gambling; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349931123     PISSN: 00220116     EISSN: 15733564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10879-009-9119-3     Document Type: Article

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