Introducing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Online Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Gambling Disorder in Routine Addiction Care: Comparative Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several treatment-related challenges exist for gambling disorder, in particular at-scale dissemination in health care settings.

Objective

This study describes the introduction of a newly developed internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) program for gambling disorder (GD), provided with therapist support in routine addiction care, in a nationally recruited sample in Sweden. The study details the introduction of the iCBT program, evaluates its effectiveness and acceptability, and compares registry outcomes among iCBT patients with other patients with GD at the clinic who received face-to-face psychological treatment as usual.

Methods

The study site was the Stockholm Addiction eClinic, which offers digital interventions for addictive disorders i

SUBMITTER: Molander O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11447416 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature