Pathological gambling treated with cognitive behavior therapy: A case report

A novel approach to the cognitive behavioral treatment of pathological gambling is described. The approach is based on the hypothesis that biased information may form the basis of the rules governing gambling behavior. The treatment focused on modifying assumptions and beliefs underlying the gamblin...

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Published inAddictive behaviors Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 497 - 501
Main Authors Toneatto, Tony, Sobell, Linda C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1990
New York, NY Elsevier
Subjects
Alcoholism - psychology
Alcoholism - rehabilitation
Awareness
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - methods
Follow-Up Studies
Gambling - psychology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Perceptual Distortion
Probability Learning
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Treatments
Case study
Human
Play
Cognitive therapy
Treatment
Behavior therapy
Behavioral disorder
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Summary:A novel approach to the cognitive behavioral treatment of pathological gambling is described. The approach is based on the hypothesis that biased information may form the basis of the rules governing gambling behavior. The treatment focused on modifying assumptions and beliefs underlying the gambling behavior of a 47-year-old male with a 26-year gambling history. Based on a 6-month follow-up, the intervention successfully reduced the frequency of the client's gambling behavior from 10 times per month in the 3 years prior to treatment to three total times in the 6-month follow-up period.
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ISSN:0306-4603
1873-6327
DOI:10.1016/0306-4603(90)90038-Y