Treatment of Compulsive Gamblers by Electrical Aversion

Seager, C. P.

doi:10.1192/bjp.117.540.545

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“…These learning models have led to the application of a variety of operant or classical conditioning-based aversive techniques to countercondition the arousal/excitement associated with gambling. The most frequent forms are electric shocks or nausea-producing pharmacological agents (Barker and Miller, 1968;Koller, 1972;McConaghy et al, 1983;Salzmann, 1982;Seager, 1970), covert sensitization (Bannister, 1977;Cotler, 1971), and stimulus control and exposure (Greenberg and Rankin, 1982).…”

Section: Behavioral Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recovery in Pathological Gambling: An Imprecise Concept

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Blaszczynski

2008

Substance Use & Misuse

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Pathological gambling is classified as a disorder of impulse control, though many of its diagnostic criteria parallel those found in substance use disorders. A number of unitary and complex biopsychosocial conceptual models have been postulated to account for the multifactorial nature of gambling pathology. These models have implications for varied treatment approaches in the management of pathological gambling. Recovery is a diffused concept that has been variously and inconsistently determined by the remission or absence of clinical symptoms, the absence of diagnostic criteria, or the achievement of personal development, independence, and function. The lack of conceptual clarity and definitional precision make it difficult to ascertain the actual efficacy of interventions or their relative effectiveness when compared to similar treatments in different population settings or to different treatment approaches. Future investigations should clearly conceptualize the concept of recovery to evaluate the nature and extent of improvement along a spectrum that includes measurement of (a) decreases in frequency of and the time spent gambling, (b) abstinence or controlled gambling that meets financial obligations, (c) absence of symptoms of impaired control and cross-addicted behaviors, and (d) absence of negative consequences and improved quality of life over time.

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Section: Behavioral Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recovery in Pathological Gambling: An Imprecise Concept

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Blaszczynski

2008

Substance Use & Misuse

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“…There is growing evidence that extraversion may be associated with addiction, although it is unclear whether individuals who are high in extraversion (Seager, 1970) or low (Gossop & Eysenck, 1980) are so associated. The available evidence regarding exercise addiction suggests that extraverted individuals are more prone to such addiction (Kagen & Squires, 1985).…”

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Extraversion and Exercise Addiction

Mathers

Walker

1999

The Journal of Psychology

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Extraversion has been suggested as a factor associated with addiction. This claim was tested in relation to exercise addiction. Twelve exercise addicts were compared with 12 nonaddicted individuals who were committed to regular exercise and with 12 nonexercising individuals drawn from the same student population. Addicted exercisers did not differ from nonaddicted exercisers in extraversion, although exercisers as a group were more extraverted than nonexercisers. The results are interpreted as evidence against the claim that extraversion is a component of the addictive personality profile.

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“…Aversive therapy was the most commonly employed early method 108 with published studies primarily based on small sample, uncontrolled studies of in vivo aversive therapy technique (eg, electric shocks). [109][110][111][112] Imaginal desensitization was found to be more effective than three other behavioral techniques (aversion therapy, imaginal relaxation, and in vivo exposure) in a sample of 120 patients. 113 CBT involving exposure and response pre-C l i n i c a l r e s e a r c h vention-the technique used effectively for OCD-was found to substantially decrease gambling urges as reported in two case studies of PG.…”

Section: Pathological Gamblingmentioning

confidence: 99%