Journal of Gambling Studies -- First 2005 Issue

The March 2005 issue of the Journal of Gambling Studies is now available. The issues contains a number of articles related to problem gambling treatment and treatment effectiveness. They are:

• Treating Problem Gamblers: Working towards Empirically Supported Treatment -- Robert Ladouceur and Howard J. Shaffer
  
• Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Treatment Outcome Research -- Alex Blaszczynski
  
• Implications of a Brief Intervention Trial for Problem Gambling for Future Outcome Research -- David C. Hodgins
  
• Psychological Treatment of Slot-Machine Pathological Gambling: New Perspectives Enrique Echeburúa and Javier Fernández-Montalvo
  
• Gamblers Anonymous and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Pathological Gamblers -- Nancy M. Petry
  
• Evaluation and Treatment of Pathological Gambling -- Ángels González-Ibáñez, Pilar Rosel, Isabel Moreno
  
• Pathological Gambling, Comorbidities and Treatment Outcome: Is the Bronze Standard Good Enough? A Case Study -- Nady el-Guebaly
  
• Controlled Gambling for Pathological Gamblers -- Robert Ladouceur
  
• The Iowa Gambling Treatment Program: Treatment Outcomes for a Follow-up Sample -- Howard J. Shaffer, Richard A. LaBrie, Debi A. LaPlante, et al.
  
• A Perspective on Problem Gambling Treatment: Issues and Challenges -- Tony Toneatto
  
• Problems in Measuring the Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy for Pathological Gambling -- Michael B. Walker
  
• Advancing Treatment Strategies for Pathological Gambling -- Marc N. Potenza
  
• Pharmacological Treatments of Pathological Gambling Eric Hollander, Erica Sood, Stefano Pallanti, et al.
  
• Methodological Problems in Research on Treatments for Pathological Gambling -- Peter E. Nathan