2022
DOI: 10.29173/cgs96
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A Critical Review of the Scholarly Discourse on Gambling Disorder Treatment

Abstract: This article presents a comprehensive review of the scholarly discourse on psychological and relational approaches to gambling disorder treatment. The article focuses on the “what” of knowledge production and treatment delivery by systematizing information on the types of scholarly articles that have been published in the English language; the treatment approaches that have been researched and discussed in the Anglophone literature; and the context of knowledge production over the past 50 years. The review inc… Show more

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“…There is also significant internal resistance in past and present research on gambling harm and its prevention. It is still dominated by scholars who favour pathologising approaches and quantitative methods, most of whom belong to the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry and medicine (Shaffer et al, 2020;Christensen et al, 2022). The inclusion of other approaches and methods capable of analysing structural and political questions about gambling, coming from psychology, sociology or geography, among other disciplines, remains in dispute (Cassidy et al, 2013).…”
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“…There is also significant internal resistance in past and present research on gambling harm and its prevention. It is still dominated by scholars who favour pathologising approaches and quantitative methods, most of whom belong to the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry and medicine (Shaffer et al, 2020;Christensen et al, 2022). The inclusion of other approaches and methods capable of analysing structural and political questions about gambling, coming from psychology, sociology or geography, among other disciplines, remains in dispute (Cassidy et al, 2013).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite these unfavourable prospects, RCTs have a strong presence in the literature on GD prevention and treatment, as the number of evaluation RCTs on GD treatment has doubled in the last 20 years (Christensen et al, 2022). The vast majority of these evaluation studies are published in gambling journals whose audience is composed of psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health professionals, and treatment providers (Ibid., p. 39).…”
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