A perspective on problem gambling treatment: issues and challenges.
Researchers face several challenges in conducting gambling treatment research. These include the impact of monetary incentives to participate, difficulty in subject recruitment, treatment ambivalence, heterogeneity of gambling behaviors among treatment samples, the role of natural recovery, the impact of intractable financial pressures, and the specification of adequate process and outcome measures. Each challenge is defined and potential resolutions suggested.
Toneatto
Tony
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Clinical Research Department, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tony_Toneatto@camh.net
D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012107:Research Design