title: [It's not only the gamblers who need help - a pilot study on a family training programme].
abstract: Relatives of problematic and pathological gamblers are seriously affected by the illness comparable to relatives of substance abusers. Therefore they might need support. Hence the psycho-educational training programme ETAPPE was developed and tested in an explorative pilot study in cooperation with counselling services. The participants got several questionnaires concerning amongst others: self-assessment of stress, psychological distress and taxing subjects. Results show that families of problematic and pathological gamblers are highly stressed. ETAPPE addresses the topics that are a burden for families. Taking into consideration the limitations, there are positive trends: Through this training, self-assessment of stress, psychological distress and actual situative perceived stress are reduced significantly. Chronic stress remains unchanged. A conclusive evaluation of the effectiveness of this manualized programme is still pending.
authors.affiliation: Bayerische Akademie für Sucht- und Gesundheitsfragen Landesstelle Glücksspielsucht in Bayern, München. ursula.buchner@basmuenchen.de
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gisela Buchner
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Annalena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koytek
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gollrad
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wodarz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires