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Integrative Couple Treatment for Pathological Gambling

NCT02240485 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2022-04-04

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Summary

The aim of the study is to compare marital treatment to individual treatment for pathological gambling.

Conditions

  • Pathological Gambling

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Integrative Couple Treatment for Pathological Gambling (ICT-PG)

The experimental couple treatment is offered over 8 to 12 sessions of 90 minutes. The couple treatment called (Integrative Couple Therapy for Pathological Gambling - ICT-PG) is inspired by the "Alcohol Behavior Couple Therapy" from Epstein and McCrady, to which the team added diverse components to adjust to gamblers. During the sessions, the focus is on a) reducing/stopping gambling behaviors, b) helping the partner to stop behaviors facilitating gambling habits and rise the frequency of behaviors incompatible with gambling habits and c) improve marital components (communication, sharing positive moments, negotiation, mutual support).

BEHAVIORAL

Usual individual/group treatment

The control group receive individual or group treatment as already offered by the specialized centers in addiction.Their partner can receive individual intervention if desired.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joël Tremblay · Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-01
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2018-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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