D C Hodgins

..The Internet is increasingly accessible to members of the public and is frequently used to access health-related information. Online gambling sites are also becoming more popular gambling platforms...

..The NODS, as designed, provided a more strict definition of disordered gambling than the SOGS. In summary, the NODS shows promise as an outcome measure of gambling problems...

..Overall, comorbid mental health disorders are predictive of shorter term but not longer term outcome...

..They were more likely to be categorized as improved compared with the self-help workbook only group. Overall, the results support the effectiveness of a brief telephone- and mail-based treatment for problem gamblers...

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..Ability and readiness were associated with commitment. This study has important implications for clinical monitoring of client treatment success and for improving the MI. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)...

..The results underscore the importance of increasing our understanding of the role of comorbid disorders in the recovery process from gambling problems...

..This paper reviews the cognitive-behavioral treatment of kleptomania, compulsive buying, and pathological gambling...

..More research on the relationship between alcohol and other drug disorders and their complex relationship to pathological gambling and suicide is crucial...

..However, providing the overview booklet may be a low cost, easy to access alternative for individuals who have quit gambling...

..These results provide further support for the value of brief motivational treatments for pathological gambling...

..Some gender differences were found, but the precipitants of shorter and longer relapses did not differ...

..An exploratory study was conducted to understand the process of recovery from gambling problems...

..The IDD is a self-report instrument that provides a continuous score reflecting depression severity and a DSM-IV major depression diagnosis (MDD)...

..The processes reported by participants were similar to those elicited through open-ended questions, but the results for problem gamblers differ from results of studies of other types of behavior change...

..Overall, these results support the effectiveness of a brief telephone and mail-based treatment for problem gambling...

..Gambling disorders are highly comorbid with other mental health and substance use disorders, and a further understanding is needed of both the causes and treatment implications of this disorder...

..These results underscore the need for both increased prevention of childhood maltreatment and increased sensitivity towards trauma issues in gambling treatment programs for men and women...

..The results are generally supportive of the use of self-reported gambling in studies of problem gamblers, assessed face to face and by telephone, although suggestions for further research are provided...

..Job responsibility and workplace norms also predicted alcohol problems but only for men. Perceived work stress did not predict alcohol problems. Results support the development of interventions that focus on re-shaping alcohol use norms...

..There was no difference in the number who had entered treatment. It may be that CSOs require more guidance and follow-up support to achieve these goals using the CRAFT procedures and strategies...

..Despite their high co-occurrence, this study did not find evidence of a strong, direct causal relationship between these phenomena...

..This study was an uncontrolled trial to assess the efficacy of a smoking cessation group program modified for individuals with schizophrenia...

..The role of outcome expectancies and major depression in maintaining smoking behavior in a high-risk group of smokers, such as recovering alcoholics, has not been thoroughly examined...

..These findings are suggestive of testable hypotheses concerning the effects of single and mixed gender programming. Such investigations have the potential of enhancing treatment efficacy...

..The 5 EIs were moderately correlated (rs =.42-.72) with the interviewer severity ratings from the ASI. Evaluation studies involving concurrent disordered substance abusers should use the EIs as summary measures of change...

..These results suggest that shortened time horizons are not a unique feature of addicted populations. The role of psychological distress as a possible explanatory variable is discussed...

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..These results suggest that persons with concurrent chronic pain and substance use disorders are responsive to an integrated treatment model of pain management and relapse prevention...

..To test the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioural approach to treating disturbed sleep in abstinent alcoholics...

..Lower relationship satisfaction was associated with more CSO emotional consequences, fewer gambler consequences, and greater severity of gambling problem. Implications for treatment are discussed...

..Such conditions will facilitate the development of empirically validated best practice guidelines for use by clinicians in the management of problem gambling...

..These results provide additional evidence supporting the validity of the low-risk gambling limits. Quantitative limits could be used to augment existing responsible gambling guidelines...

..To examine the relationship between gambling behaviours and risk of gambling-related harm in a nationally representative population sample...

..This finding underscores the need for vigorous assessment and treatment of comorbid symptomatology in women entering addiction treatment...

..The aim of this study was to compare craving between pathologic gamblers (PG) and alcohol-dependent subjects (ADS), correlating craving with personality...