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5. PREVENTING RELAPSE IN FORMER GAMBLERS
By: Dr. David Hodgins (Principal Investigator) -- Project Approved 2000-01
This is a low cost, easily accessed relapse prevention approach for problem gamblers who have recently quit gambling. A minimal degree of intervention involving repeated mailings of relapse prevention materials to participants is required. Dr. David Hodgins (PI), Department of Psychology; Dr. Shawn Currie (CI), Dept of Psychiatry; Ms. Katherine Diskin (CI), Department of Psychology; Dr. Nady el-Guebaly (CI), Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Addiction Centre, Foothills Hospital, University of Calgary.
Status (Complete):
The target sample of 169 participants was successfully recruited, with 80% of participants residing in Alberta. The results of this project could potentially impact service provisions for problem gamblers by increasing success rates. Several students were involved in the design and implementation of this project which has resulted in the pursuit of graduate work in gambling research. The paper "Understanding and preventing relapse among problem gamblers" was presented at the Responsible Gaming Council in September 2003 and the following book chapter is to be published in August 2004:
Hodgins, D.C. & Petry, N. (2004). Cognitive and behavioral treatments. In Grant, J. & Potenza, M.N. (Ed). Pathological gambling: A clinical guide to treatment (pp. 169-187). New York: American Psychiatric Association Press.
The Alberta Gaming Research Institute provides grant funding to support peer-endorsed academic investigations into many aspects of gambling research. The contents, recommendations, and findings of the associated research reports, posted on this website, represent the views of the researcher(s).
Last Updated: 05/23/06
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