Status:

WITHDRAWN

A Randomized Control Trial Examining Two Treatments for Problem Gambling

Lead Sponsor:

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Conditions:

Gambling, Pathological

Anger

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Despite evidence of high rates of concurrent substance use and anger problems among problem gamblers, until recently there have been no empirically evaluated treatments for these co-morbid problems. A...

Detailed Description

80 participants will be randomly assigned to either an emotion and behaviour regulation treatment (EBRT) or to a cognitive behavioural treatment (CBT). Randomization will be stratified by the presence...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Problem gambling (PGSI \> 7; c.f., Ferris \& Wynne, 2001)
  • Clinically significant anger (STAXI-II anger expression/trait subscale score \>75th percentile and/or Anger Control subscale score \< 25th percentile; c.f., Spielberger, 1999)

Exclusion

  • Major thought disorders
  • Acute manic episode
  • High psychopathy
  • Severe developmental/cognitive disability
  • Outstanding legal charges/sentencing

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00345527

Last Update

February 13 2013

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