The topic is: Gambling and Behaviour Science
Focus on:
1. What is Gambling?
2. What is the behaviour pattern of Gambling?
3. How can ABA be incorporated into Gambling?
References to use:
1. Dickerson, M. G., & Weeks, D. (1979). Controlled gambling as a therapeutic technique for compulsive gamblers. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 10(2), 139–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7916(79)90090-9
2. Dixon, M., Ghezzi, P., Lyons, C., & Wilson, G. (2006). Gambling: Behavior Theory, Research, and Application. Context Press.
3. Dixon, M. R., Whiting, S. W., Gunnersson, K. R., Daar, J. H., & Rowsey, K. E. (2015). Trends in behavior-analytic gambling research and treatment. The Behavior Analyst, 38, 179-202. doi: 10.1007/s40614-015-0027-4
4. Gainsbury, S. M., Black, N., Blaszczynski, A., Callaghan, S., Clancey, G., Starcevic, V., & Tymula, A. (2020). Reducing Internet Gambling Harms Using Behavioral Science: A Stakeholder Framework. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 598589–598589. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.598589
5. Molander, O., Ramnerö, J., Bjureberg, J., & Berman, A. H. (2022). What to target in cognitive behavioral treatment for gambling disorder—A qualitative study of clinically relevant behaviors. BMC Psychiatry, 22, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04152-2
6. Månsson, V., Molander, O., Carlbring, P., Rosendahl, I., & Berman, A. H. (2022). Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1), 16–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03630-3
7. Newall, P. W. S., & Rockloff, M. J. (2022). Promoting safer gambling via the removal of harmful sludge: a view on how behavioural science’s “nudge” concept relates to online gambling. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 117(3), 838–839. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15700
