Wager Article on Brief Gambling Treatment

Today's Wager article "Do the Effects Hold?:Brief Gambling Treatment – Beyond the 12-Month Follow-up" (2004, December 1) describes a study by Hodgins et al. at the University of Calgary. This study showed that people with gambling problems assigned to a workbook and motivational interviewing intervention reported slightly better outcomes at a 24-month follow-up than those given only the workbook.