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Title: | Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy for problem gamblers: characteristics of treatment completer's and non-completer's | Contributor(s): | Tolchard, Barry (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8084 | Abstract: | Gambling before CBT: • Freud - gamblers were trying to punish themselves for their unresolved oedipal urges and that this meant they were deliberately trying to lose • Bergler - "...the gambler is not a weak person who wants to gain money [easily] ...but a neurotic with an unconscious wish to lose" Cognitive-Behavioural Theories (CBT) of gambling: • A number CBT models have been described - e.g., Petry, 2005; Sylvain, et al., 1997; Toneatto, 2002 - no single unified approach has been tested and the efficacy of CT continues to be debated • Sharpe and Tarrier (1993)--CBT model - incorporating relaxation, exposure and cognitive restructuring - while cited frequently - reservations must exist lack of empiricism - generalisation to all gambling problems is limited | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | EASG 2010: 8th European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues, Vienna, Austria, 14th - 17th September, 2010 | Source of Publication: | Presented at the 8th European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues | Publisher: | European Association for the Study of Gambling (EASG) | Place of Publication: | Online | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 111714 Mental Health 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920401 Behaviour and Health 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified 920410 Mental Health |
HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.easg.org/media/file/vienna2010/presentations/Wednesday/1330/P3/3_Barry_Tolchard.pdf |
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