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Noncontrolled/Descriptive Studies
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Author(s)/Year
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Sample Size
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Technique/Approach
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Follow-up Period
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Bergler, 1958
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60
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Psychoanalytic
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not specified
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Barker and Miller, 1966
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5
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Behavioral (aversive therapy)
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several months-2 years
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Boyd and Bolen, 1970
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9
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Psychoanalytic (marital group therapy)
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end of treatment
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Seager, 1970
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14
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Behavioral (electrical aversion therapy)
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1-3 years
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Koller, 1972
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20
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Behavioral (aversive therapy)
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6 months-2 years
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Moskowitz, 1980
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3
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Pharmacotreatment (lithium)
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not specified
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Greenberg and Marks, 1982
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7
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Behavioral (desensitization)
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6 months
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Greenberg and Rankin, 1982
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26
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Behavioral (stimulus control exposure and covert sensitization)
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9 months-5 years
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Salzman, 1982
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4
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Behavioral (aversion)
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not specified
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Russo et al., 1984
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60
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Multimodal (group therapy, education, Gamblers Anonymous, discharge plan)
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1 year
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Taber et al., 1987
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57
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Multimodal (group therapy, education, Gamblers Anonymous, discharge plan)
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6 months
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Hudak et al., 1989
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99 treated (26 followed-up)
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Multimodal (education, individual, family and group therapy, communication skills training, specific discharge plan)
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4 years
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Arribas and Martinez, 1991
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4
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Cognitive (self-monitoring, exposure, stimulus control, response prevention, cognitive restructuring, family intervention, relapse prevention)
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3 and 6 months
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