Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Gambling Disorder

Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau18 enrolled

Overview

To compare two group psychological interventions for Gambling Disorder in terms of effectiveness and efficacy. One group is based in cognitive-behavioral therapy (TAU) and the other group is based in TAU with Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (Chawla, Marlatt \& Gordon, 2011). Both interventions are composed by 14 weekly sessions, and follow-up to a month, three months, six months, one and two years.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Gambling Disorder

Interventions

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral TherapyBEHAVIORAL

Both arms have the same intervention techniques (relative intervention, stimulus control and others) except relapse prevention sessions. In the experimental arm, these sessions are carried out from Mindfulness, and in the active comparator is the usual relapse prevention.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Gambling Disorder (DSM-5; APA, 2013). * 18 years or older. * Males and females. Exclusion Criteria: * Current psychosis or other severe/acute mental disorder. * Current substance abuse. * Intellectual disability. * Under 18 years.

Locations (1)

Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital

Barcelona, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS; Lesieur and Blume, 1987)

Time frame: 5 minuts

DSM-IV-TR (APA 2000)

Time frame: 5 minuts

Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS, Gratz and Roemer, 2004)

Time frame: 5 minuts

Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Baer et al. 2006)

Time frame: 5 minuts

EQ-Decentering (Soler et al., 2014)

Time frame: 5 minuts

Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS; Raylu & Oei, 2004)

Time frame: 5 minuts

MBRP - Adherence and Competence Scale (Chawla et al. 2010

Time frame: 90 minuts (by co-therapist)

Secondary Outcomes

Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R; Cloninger 1999)

Time frame: 20 minuts

Symptom Checklist-Revised (SCL-90-R; Derogatis 1990)

Time frame: 20 minuts

UPPS (Whiteside and Lynam, 2001)

Time frame: 10 minuts

URICA - problem gambling (Gómez-Peña et al. 2011)

Time frame: 10 minuts

AUDIT (OMS, 1989)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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