Internet-Based Interventions for Problem Gambling: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study seeks to give an overview of academic research on internet-based interventions that are used to address problem gambling. The rate of treatment seeking has been demonstrated to be low across several research environments. This is in part because of the systemic barriers that treatment seekers face to accessing traditional face-to-face treatment. Making treatment resources for problem gambling available through the internet is one way to reduce the impact of those systemic barriers. The use of internet-based resources to address problem gambling has been growing, and a field of research evaluating it has developed as well. However, little has been done to summarize this collection of research.

Objective

This study aimed to provide a scoping review of the

SUBMITTER: van der Maas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329421 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature