Treatment modalities for patients with gambling disorder

Choi, Sam; Shin, Young Chul; Kim, Daijin; Choi, Jung Seok; Kim, Seohee; Kim, Seung Hyun; Youn, Hyun Chul

doi:10.1186/s12991-017-0146-2

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“…7 Consequently, treatment options for a gambling disorder include both professional interventions within formal treatment systems, as well as peer support interventions. 8,9 While formal treatment seeking is low, it also has been reported that self-recovery without peer support or formal treatment may be relatively common, indicating that the natural course in gambling disorder may be variable. 10 Apart from structured gambling treatment offered by professional treatment providers, peer support organizations have played a significant role in providing support for people seeking help for a gambling disorder.…”

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<p>The General Population’s View on Where to Seek Treatment for Gambling Disorder – a General Population Survey</p>

Håkansson

Ford

2019

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Background: More remains to be understood about attitudes towards treatment for gambling disorder and where to seek treatment. Given the low degree of treatment seeking behaviour in this condition, it may be of interest to study people's perception about where to seek help in case of problem gambling. From a study originally aiming to address health correlates of problem gambling, the present sub-study aimed to examine the general population's attitudes towards where to advise a person with problem gambling to seek treatment, and correlates of recommending a formal professional treatment modality. Methods: A cross-sectional general population web survey in Sweden (N=2,038, 55% women, 6% lifetime problem gamblers) was conducted. Preferred advice for gamblingrelated treatment seeking was defined with a question asking about where one would hypothetically advise a friend to seek help for gambling addiction. Advice for professional vs peer support help was compared with respect to individual characteristics, in problem gamblers and non-problem gamblers. Results: Fifty percent preferred to recommend peer support help for gambling, whereas among professional treatment options, the largest share preferred primary care (22%) or psychiatry/addiction psychiatry (18%), while few suggested occupational health-care (6%) or social services (3%). Opting for a professional treatment modality for problem gambling was unrelated to one's own problem gambling, whereas those recommending professional treatment were younger and more likely to report psychological distress. In problem gamblers specifically, history of indebtedness was associated with recommending professional treatment. Conclusion: Many people may not perceive gambling disorder to require professional treatment, and may recommend peer support outside of formal treatment systems. Younger individuals, as well as those with a personal history of psychological treatment needs, may be more prone to recommending formal treatment. The findings may have implications for treatment trajectories and may facilitate overcoming perceived treatment barriers.

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<p>The General Population’s View on Where to Seek Treatment for Gambling Disorder – a General Population Survey</p>

Håkansson

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2019

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“…Many research studies confirm the efficacy of brief MI treatment in risk behaviours e.g. only one session or 6 weekly ones or four 50-minute ones [33]. In the case of individuals taking methadone, one MI session before therapy decreased the drop-out rate from 49% to 30%.…”

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Significance of motivational interviewing in public health

Szczekala

Kanadys

Wiktor

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Polish Journal of Public Health

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Motivational interviewing (MI) is a specific style of communication based on collaboration, aimed at achieving a goal and focused on change talk. This is conducted in an atmosphere of comprehension, acceptance and compassion, being intended to strengthen inner motivation and commitment to attain goals by the search for, and assessment of, the individual’s reasons for change. Change talk may refer to new behaviours, lifestyles or the introduction of treatment adherence. Therefore, it can be a part of health care provider – patient communication. The application of MI contributes to an increase in patients’ concordance and compliance as well as rightness of the therapy prescribed because it heightens an individual’s awareness and eagerness to change and triggers positive thinking, being focused on resources and values. The aim of this article is to familiarise the MI character and present some interesting examples characterised by a diversity of ideas in the overall vision of public health concentrated on health promotion. A non-systematic literature review of the years 2003-2018 on the use of MI in health promotion in PubMed provided evidence of great interest in MI in such contexts as body weight reduction, an increase in physical activity, or coping with risk behaviours e.g. addictions. The aforementioned problems are a major cause of non-communicable diseases. The application of MI results in health behaviour improvement along with increased self-esteem and self-efficacy, inner motivation and willingness to change habits.

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“…1 Num erous pharmacological treatments have been experimented with in order to reduce the recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior, however, to date no drug has been approved for this disorder. 2 In the last two decades there has been an increased interest in the use of opioid receptor antagonists for the treatment of addictive gambling behavior in pathological gamblers. 2 In the first double-blind naltrexone versus placebo study performed by Kim et al, authors showed that after 11 weeks, naltrexone, a mu, delta and kappa-opioid receptor antagonist, was effective in reducing gambling urges, gambling behavior, subjective experience of pleasure and gambling thoughts.…”

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“…2 In the last two decades there has been an increased interest in the use of opioid receptor antagonists for the treatment of addictive gambling behavior in pathological gamblers. 2 In the first double-blind naltrexone versus placebo study performed by Kim et al, authors showed that after 11 weeks, naltrexone, a mu, delta and kappa-opioid receptor antagonist, was effective in reducing gambling urges, gambling behavior, subjective experience of pleasure and gambling thoughts. 3 In 2005, Dannon et al showed that naltrexone and sustained-release bupropion were both effective in reducing the frequency of gambling behavior and the amount of money spent on gambling.…”

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