The Efficacy of Therapy Focused on Desire-satisfaction for Disordered Gamblers

NCT02491996 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 223
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators proposed a desire satisfaction-targeted intervention for disordered gamblers (DTIG) due to the limitations of the abstinence-targeted intervention, which is based on the weak self-control relative to growing desire to gamble. This intervention model perceives loss of gambling control as a failure of strategy in which gambling is anticipated to fulfill various desires (i.e., desires for fame, money, and escapism). Therefore, the alternative behaviors to fulfill original desires directly become the main therapeutic purpose. Materials and Methods: Outpatients who were primarily diagnosed as gambling disorder by the DSM-V were treated by DTIG. This method usually comprised 1 or 2 sessions, 60 minutes in duration, delivered by a psychiatrist. Participants were examined : 1) Basic background such as gender, age,; 2) medical variables such as the onset age, the duration of the problem gambling, psychiatric complications, motivation to quit gambling; 3) assessment of severity (DSM-5, SOGS and G-SAS); 4) Short prognosis; 6 months-outcome after intervention (problem gambling/ control gambling/ abstinence).

Conditions

Pathological Gambling

Keywords

desire model

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Severity of gambling

  one year

Study Arms (1)

DTIG

EXPERIMENTAL

Outpatients who treated by DTIG at Outpatient Unit for Gambling Disorder of Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center

Behavioral: desire satisfaction-targeted intervention for disordered gamblers

Interventions

desire satisfaction-targeted intervention for disordered gamblers BEHAVIORAL

This intervention consists of an initial psychiatric assessment, followed by psychoeducational approach based on desire satisfaction-targeted intervention by psychiatrists, and three group sessions based on CBT by psychologists. Patients with psychiatric comorbidities are treated with the appropriate pharmacological regimens.

DTIG

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Subjects were outpatients who are treated by DTIG at Outpatient Unit for Gambling Disorder of Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center in Japan. This intervention consists of an initial psychiatric assessment, followed by psychoeducational approach based on desire satisfaction-targeted intervention by psychiatrists, and three group sessions based on CBT by psychologists. Patients with psychiatric comorbidities are treated with the appropriate pharmacological regimens.
• All were over 20 years of age and met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5thed. (DSM-5) criteria for a diagnosis of gambling disorder.

You may not qualify if:

• We exclude patients with acute psychotic symptoms including manic symptoms or cognitive impairment that could compromise their ability to complete the research questionnaires.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Naruse Mental Clinic

Machida, Tokyo, 1940045, Japan

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Gambling

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Risk-Taking; Behavior; Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Yasunobu Komoto

CONTACT

+81-46-848-1550; y_koumoto@kurihama1.hosp.go.jp

Taku Sato

CONTACT

+81-46-848-1550; ta56_sato@yahoo.co.jp

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Chief of Treatment Unit for Gambling Disorder

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 27, 2015
• First Posted: July 8, 2015
• Study Start: June 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2016
• Study Completion: March 1, 2018
• Last Updated: July 9, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-07

Locations

JP (1)