The Role of Contextual Factors in Avenues to Recover from Gambling Disorder: a Scoping Review

Overview

Journal Front Psychol

Date 2024 Feb 27

PMID 38410405

Authors

Dagny Adriaenssen Johannessen

Stian Overa

Espen Ajo Arnevik

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

Introduction: Recovery from complex conditions such as gambling disorders (GD) often entail considerable change and require a range of adaptable interventions in the health care system. Outcomes from such avenues to change are influenced by multifarious contextual factors, which are less frequently considered in treatment outcome studies. Accordingly, this scoping review aims to map the level of evidence and explore how contextual factors influence the provision and outcomes of GD interventions.

Methods: A systematic search in selected health and social science research databases yielded a total of 2.464 unique references. The results were screened in three selection steps-titles ( = 2.464), abstracts ( = 284) and full-text ( = 104). The scoping approach was applied to provide a narrative account of the final included references ( = 34).

Results And Discussion: Findings suggest that the research on GD treatment is in the early stages of development. Additionally, studies on GD interventions are characterized by cultural biases (Region and ethnicity and Gender perspectives), while three key elements are described as successful avenues to recover from GD (Competence, Perception and Utilization). In line with these findings, proposals for future research and treatment designs are made.

References

Atherton F, Beynon C . Is gambling an emerging public health issue for Wales, UK?. J Public Health (Oxf). 2018; 41(4):858-863. DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy164. View

Mallorqui-Bague N, Mestre-Bach G, Lozano-Madrid M, Fernandez-Aranda F, Granero R, Vintro Alcaraz C . Trait impulsivity and cognitive domains involving impulsivity and compulsivity as predictors of gambling disorder treatment response. Addict Behav. 2018; 87:169-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.07.006. View

Yucel M, Oldenhof E, Ahmed S, Belin D, Billieux J, Bowden-Jones H . A transdiagnostic dimensional approach towards a neuropsychological assessment for addiction: an international Delphi consensus study. Addiction. 2018; 114(6):1095-1109. PMC: 6386631. DOI: 10.1111/add.14424. View

Baxter A, Salmon C, Dufresne K, Carasco-Lee A, Matheson F . Gender differences in felt stigma and barriers to help-seeking for problem gambling. Addict Behav Rep. 2018; 3:1-8. PMC: 5845950. DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2015.10.001. View

Yau Y, Potenza M . Gambling disorder and other behavioral addictions: recognition and treatment. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2015; 23(2):134-46. PMC: 4458066. DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000051. View

Sharman S, Dreyer J, Clark L, Bowden-Jones H . Down and Out in London: Addictive Behaviors in Homelessness. J Behav Addict. 2016; 5(2):318-24. PMC: 5387783. DOI: 10.1556/2006.5.2016.037. View

Bramer G . International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. Tenth revision. World Health Stat Q. 1988; 41(1):32-6. View

Abbott M . The changing epidemiology of gambling disorder and gambling-related harm: public health implications. Public Health. 2020; 184:41-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.04.003. View

Johnstone P, Regan M . Gambling harm is everybody's business: A public health approach and call to action. Public Health. 2020; 184:63-66. PMC: 7366099. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.06.010. View

10.

Marchica L, Derevensky J . Examining personalized feedback interventions for gambling disorders: A systematic review. J Behav Addict. 2017; 5(1):1-10. PMC: 5322985. DOI: 10.1556/2006.5.2016.006. View

11.

Ladouceur R, Boisvert J, Dumont J . Cognitive-behavioral treatment for adolescent pathological gamblers. Behav Modif. 1994; 18(2):230-42. DOI: 10.1177/01454455940182006. View

12.

Blaszczynski A, Silove D . Cognitive and behavioral therapies for pathological gambling. J Gambl Stud. 2013; 11(2):195-220. DOI: 10.1007/BF02107115. View

13.

Sancho M, de Gracia M, Rodriguez R, Mallorqui-Bague N, Sanchez-Gonzalez J, Trujols J . Mindfulness-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Substance and Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review. Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9:95. PMC: 5884944. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00095. View

14.

Petry N, Ginley M, Rash C . A systematic review of treatments for problem gambling. Psychol Addict Behav. 2017; 31(8):951-961. PMC: 5714688. DOI: 10.1037/adb0000290. View

15.

Bouchard S, Robillard G, Giroux I, Jacques C, Loranger C, St-Pierre M . Using Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Gambling Disorder: The Development of a New Tool for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Front Psychiatry. 2017; 8:27. PMC: 5324022. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00027. View

16.

Ward S, Smith N, Bowden-Jones H . The use of naltrexone in pathological and problem gambling: A UK case series. J Behav Addict. 2018; 7(3):827-833. PMC: 6426388. DOI: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.89. View

17.

Kim H, Hodgins D . Component Model of Addiction Treatment: A Pragmatic Transdiagnostic Treatment Model of Behavioral and Substance Addictions. Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9:406. PMC: 6127248. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00406. View

18.

Gomes K, Pascual-Leone A . A Resource Model of Change: Client Factors that Influence Problem Gambling Treatment Outcomes. J Gambl Stud. 2014; 31(4):1651-69. DOI: 10.1007/s10899-014-9493-y. View

19.

Wieczorek L, Dabrowska K . What makes people with gambling disorder undergo treatment? Patient and professional perspectives. Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2020; 35(3):196-214. PMC: 7434150. DOI: 10.1177/1455072518772397. View

20.

Clark A . What are the components of complex interventions in healthcare? Theorizing approaches to parts, powers and the whole intervention. Soc Sci Med. 2012; 93:185-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.035. View