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NCT Number: NCT06517849

Beliefs About Mental Health Treatment - Gambling Addiction Study in Colorado

Many people with mental health conditions do not seek treatment, and it is unclear what exactly prevents people from taking up treatment. The goal of this interventional study is to learn about how people think about cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for gambling disorders. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do people have incorrect beliefs about the net benefits of CBT? If yes, which beliefs are those, and how much do people underestimate or overestimate the benefits? * Is a small monetary incentive (that participants receive conditional on trying out CBT) helpful in increasing take-up of CBT?

Apart from these questions, the researchers will also study how well CBT works to treat gambling disorders.

Participants will be asked to complete two surveys over four months and might be offered a modest monetary incentive for doing (free) CBT if they are in the treatment group. Researchers will compare that treatment group to a control group. Participants in the control group will have access to free CBT and do the same two surveys as those in the treatment group, but will not receive the monetary incentive.

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Key information

Conditions

Gambling Disorder Behavior Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders Gambling Gambling Problem Mental Disorders Mental Health Issue Risk-Taking

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • must reside in Colorado
  • must be English-speaking

Exclusion criteria

  • does not reside in Colorado
  • is not English-speaking

Treatment and study plan

Monetary Incentive for Take-Up of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Behavioral

Both treatment arms will be offered a monetary incentive (in form of a retail gift card) for undergoing a certain number of CBT sessions.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Willingness to Pay for CBT

    Time frame: Baseline and 4 months

    Change in participants' willingness to pay (in USD; elicited through multiple price lists) for CBT from baseline to follow-up survey.

  2. Change in Beliefs about CBT

    Time frame: Baseline and 4 months

    Change in participants' beliefs about therapy (such as effectiveness, unpleasantness, stigma, etc.) will between baseline and follow-up survey (4 months after baseline).

  3. Attendance of CBT sessions

    Time frame: 4 months

    Dates and number of CBT sessions participants attend (as long as they are with Kindbridge Behavioral Health) between baseline survey and follow-up survey (afer 4 months).

  4. Change in Gambling Consumption

    Time frame: Baseline and 4 months

    Amount wagered (in USD) in online and offline gambling by participants over the last month. Difference between stated amount at baseline and stated amount in follow-up survey.

  5. Change in Subjective Well-Being

    Time frame: Baseline and 4 months

    Change in measure of participants' wellbeing from baseline to follow-up (at four months), computed using Likert scale style questions about feeling happy/depressed/satisfied/anxious/etc. Answers are on a seven-point scale from "strongly disagree" through "neutral" to "strongly agree." Points for each question are coded such that more positive answers get more points (so from most negative to most positive, the points -1, -2/3, -1/3, 0, 1/3, 2/3, 1 are awarded) and subjective well-being is the sum of all points.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Matt Brown

CONTACT

[email protected]

Sarah Bogl

CONTACT

[email protected]

6504696028

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

Other

Collaborators

  • Kindbridge Research Institute

Registry information

Official study title

The Stanford Gambling Addiction Therapy Study (SGATS) in Colorado

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jul 24, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 16, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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