NCT03725735

Emotion Regulation Group Treatment for Gambling Disorder - a Pilot Trial

Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Problem Gambling With a Focus on Emotion Regulation - A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Group cognitive behavioral therapy for Gambling Disorder (GD) with a focus on emotion regulation - A pilot study This pilot study will evaluate the feasibility and possible effectiveness of a novel treatment protocol developed within the research group including emotion regulation techniques for the treatment of GD.

Detailed description

The manual is based on principles from so called third wave cognitive behavioral therapy, which differs from current treatment within standard care in that focus is more on emotion regulation techniques. The treatment consists of an 8- session program delivered by weekly sessions. The study is an open trial in order to evaluate the possible benefit of components of emotion regulation in treating gambling disorder (GD). Participants with psychiatric comorbidities will be included and symptoms of comorbidities will be measured as secondary outcomes. Once included in the study the participant will be measured weekly on symptoms of gambling disorder. By increasing competencies in emotion regulation (such as active problem solving, acceptance and reappraisal of events in order to change their emotional impact) the hypothesis is that the participants will improve on measures of symptoms of GD as well as gambling expenditure in terms of time and money.

Conditions

• Gambling Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	CBT for problem gambling with emotion regulation	CBT group treatment for problem gambling with emotion regulation focus, with 8 sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-30
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2019-12-31
• First posted: 2018-10-31
• Last updated: 2025-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden