A Brief Self-Help Toolkit Intervention for Gambling Problems: A Randomized Multisite Trial

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-289

  LaBrie, Richard A ^a   Peller, Allyson J ^b   LaPlante, Debi A ^a   Bernhard, Bo ^c   Harper, Andrew ^c   Schrier, Thomas ^d   Shaffer, Howard J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief intervention; Problem gamblers; Problem gambling; Self help toolkit; Your First Step to Change: Gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SELF HELP TOOLKIT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84859873031     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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