Psicologia Conductual -
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Published on: 6/14/1999
Last Visited: 5/1/2002
Alex Blaszczynski The University of New South Wales (Australia)
This paper reviews the treatment for pathological gambling.A special attention is given at the methodological issues and offering some direction for future research.In the treatment outcome studies reviewed the psychoanalytic formulations, self-help organisations, behavioural treatment, minimal intervention programs, specific controlled gambling treatment strategies, cognitive therapy and pharmacological approaches are covered.The Behaviour Therapy Unit Program for pathological gamblers is described with special enphasis in the imaginal desensitisation.
Matching treatments for pathological gamblers based on clinically meaningful factors