The effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for pathological gambling: A country-wide study

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-256

  Pasche, Sonja C ^a   Sinclair, Heidi ^b,c   Collins, Peter ^c   Pretorius, Adele ^c   Grant, Jon E ^d   Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c National Responsible Gambling Program   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Imaginal exposure; Pathological gambling; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE ADAPTED FOR PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902272260     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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