Parhami Iman, Davtian Margarit, Hanna Katherine, Calix Iberia, Fong Timothy W
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Gambling Studies Program, UCLA.
Asian Am J Psychol. 2012 Sep 1;3(3). doi: 10.1037/a0029799.
This report will discuss the implementation and preliminary results of a community-based telephone-delivered gambling treatment program specifically designed for Asian Americans. The intervention was implemented by the NICOS Chinese Health Coalition, a nonprofit community organization based in Northern California, overseen by the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Gambling Studies Program and the California Office of Problem Gambling, and launched in December 2010. It consisted of six 1-hr long telephone-delivered sessions conducted by a mental health provider using a translated version of the Freedom from Problem Gambling Self-Help Workbook. In the current study, 6 providers completed a 30-hr training program for gambling related disorders. One-hundred and 40 callers inquired about the intervention within the first 6 months of its launch, 19 clients expressed interest in participating, and 8 enrolled into the program. The results show that the majority of clients who enrolled into the program did not report any gambling behavior after baseline and improved on self-reported measures of overall life satisfaction, gambling urges, and self-control. This study suggests that the implementation of this type of intervention is feasible at a small community-based organization and may be effective in treating gambling-related disorders for Asian American populations. The low rate of clientele enrollment is addressed and potential remedies are discussed.
本报告将讨论一项专门为亚裔美国人设计的基于社区的电话赌博治疗项目的实施情况和初步结果。该干预措施由北加州的非营利社区组织NICOS华人健康联盟实施，由加州大学洛杉矶分校赌博研究项目和加州问题赌博办公室监督，并于2010年12月启动。它包括由心理健康提供者使用《摆脱问题赌博自助手册》的翻译版本进行的六次为时1小时的电话辅导课程。在当前的研究中，6名提供者完成了为期30小时的与赌博相关障碍的培训项目。在该项目启动的前6个月内，有140名来电者咨询了该干预措施，19名客户表示有兴趣参与，8人登记加入了该项目。结果显示，登记加入该项目的大多数客户在基线水平之后没有报告任何赌博行为，并且在自我报告的总体生活满意度、赌博冲动和自我控制方面有所改善。这项研究表明，在一个小型的社区组织中实施这种类型的干预是可行的，并且可能对治疗亚裔美国人的赌博相关障碍有效。文中讨论了客户登记率低的问题及可能的补救措施。
