Advancing Treatment Strategies for Pathological Gambling

Potenza, Marc N.

Yale University

Please address correspondence to Marc N. Potenza, MD, PhD, Director, Women and Addictive Disorders Core, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Problem Gambling Clinic, Women's Health Research at Yale, Yale University School of Medicine, Room S-104, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT, USA, 06519. E-mail: [email protected]

Journal of Gambling Studies 21(1):p 91-98, March 2005.

Experiences from treatment trials are described. The use of structured instruments for subject characterization and symptom change assessment is discussed and the challenges of treating specific groups (e.g., those with co-occurring alcohol use disorders) explored. Treatment for pathological gambling might be advanced most rapidly through collaborative multi-center efforts.