Contingency Management as an Adjunct Treatment for Rural and Remote Disordered Gamblers
Piloting the Addition of Contingency Management to Best Practice Counselling as an Adjunct Treatment for Rural and Remote Disordered Gamblers
University of Lethbridge
54 participants
Nov 1, 2016
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this project is to pilot contingency management as an adjunct treatment to counselling as usual using internet delivered video-conferencing applications for remote disordered gamblers. This project further investigates the impact of adding contingency management to counselling to improve counselling attendance and retention and uses internet-delivered approaches to assist rural and remote disordered gamblers gain access to counselling treatments.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- capable of providing written consent,
- received a diagnosis of gambling disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013),
- gambled within the last month,
- live in a rural or remote location, and
- speak English
Exclusion Criteria1
- Medically unmanaged psychiatric or neurological disorder(s) except for disordered gambling
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Interventions
In addition to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, this intervention uses small incentives to reinforce study attendance and gambling abstinence.
This intervention uses psychoeducation, behavioural strategies, and cognitive restructuring to assist the participant in their efforts to become abstinent from gambling.
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NCT02953899