Brief Therapies for Problem Gambling Substance Abusers

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

220

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2014

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2014

Conditions
Gambling
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

10 minutes of psycho-education

Patients review with study therapist a brochure about types of gambling people engage in and relationships between gambling, drug use, moods, and legal problems.

BEHAVIORAL

10 minutes of brief advice

Patients will review with study therapist a brochure and advice about problem gambling. It will also contain methods for reducing gambling.

BEHAVIORAL

four 50-minute individual therapy sessions of MET & CBT

MET \& CBT

Trial Locations (1)

06030

University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

lead

UConn Health

OTHER

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