We describe the development of an empirically supported brief workbook intervention. The implications for the design of future outcome research include the use of media recruitment of participants, the value of a broad conceptual treatment model, the limitations of a waiting list control design, the need for consensus on the measurement of outcome indicators.
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Hodgins, D.C. Implications of a Brief Intervention Trial for Problem Gambling for Future Outcome Research. J Gambl Stud 21, 13–19 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-004-1917-7
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