Psychological treatment of slot-machine pathological gambling: a case study

In this paper the treatment with stimulus control, exposure and relapse prevention of a patient affected by pathological gambling is described. The patient, a 47-years-old woman, was suffering from this disorder for five years. The treatment consisted of nine individual sessions (five sessions of st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Echeburúa, Enrique, Fernández-Montalvo, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/28065
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/28065
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pathological gambling
Stimulus control
Exposure with response prevention
Relapse prevention
Treatment
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Sumario:In this paper the treatment with stimulus control, exposure and relapse prevention of a patient affected by pathological gambling is described. The patient, a 47-years-old woman, was suffering from this disorder for five years. The treatment consisted of nine individual sessions (five sessions of stimulus control and exposure and four sessions of relapse prevention) in a period of ten weeks. At the end of 1-year follow-up, the patient was much improved, without gambling behavior nor associated symptoms, as well as with a greater overall adaptation. The implications of this case for clinical research and practice are discussed.