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Contingency management for the treatment of harmful gambling: a case report

Contingency management for the treatment of harmful gambling: a case report
Contingency management for the treatment of harmful gambling: a case report
Contingency management (CM) is an effective behavioural treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) that involves providing incentives (e.g., vouchers) for target behaviours related to recovery. Despite evidence of its efficacy with SUD, little is known about its feasibility for the treatment of other addictive disorders. Here, we sought to investigate the feasibility of a remote-delivered CM intervention in promoting gambling treatment-related outcomes. Voucher-based incentives were provided contingent on abstinence from gambling, attendance at treatment, and completion of weekly recovery-related goals. Overall, the present findings indicate that CM procedures can be feasibly and advantageously applied as an adjunct treatment to promote recovery from harmful gambling. Further research is needed on larger-scale evaluations and methods of disseminating the wider adoption of CM for the treatment of harmful gambling.
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McGarrigle, Jack
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Christensen, Darren R.
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Hoon, Alice E.
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May, Richard
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Seel, Christopher J., Champion, Hannah, Dorey, Lucy, McGarrigle, Jack, Christensen, Darren R., May, Richard, Hoon, Alice E. and Dymond, Simon (2024) Contingency management for the treatment of harmful gambling: a case report. Psychiatry Research Case Reports, 3, [100227]. (doi:10.1016/j.psycr.2024.100227).

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Contingency management (CM) is an effective behavioural treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) that involves providing incentives (e.g., vouchers) for target behaviours related to recovery. Despite evidence of its efficacy with SUD, little is known about its feasibility for the treatment of other addictive disorders. Here, we sought to investigate the feasibility of a remote-delivered CM intervention in promoting gambling treatment-related outcomes. Voucher-based incentives were provided contingent on abstinence from gambling, attendance at treatment, and completion of weekly recovery-related goals. Overall, the present findings indicate that CM procedures can be feasibly and advantageously applied as an adjunct treatment to promote recovery from harmful gambling. Further research is needed on larger-scale evaluations and methods of disseminating the wider adoption of CM for the treatment of harmful gambling.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 May 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 May 2024
Published date: 11 May 2024

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Local EPrints ID: 490895
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/490895
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ORCID for Lucy Dorey: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5580-6592

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Date deposited: 07 Jun 2024 17:44
Last modified: 08 Jun 2024 02:05

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Author: Christopher J. Seel
Author: Hannah Champion
Author: Lucy Dorey ORCID iD
Author: Jack McGarrigle
Author: Darren R. Christensen
Author: Richard May
Author: Alice E. Hoon
Author: Simon Dymond

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