ArticleBMC psychology2016
How a concerned family member, friend or member of the public can help someone with gambling problems: a Delphi consensus study.
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- Treatment for the concerned significant others of gamblers: A systematic review.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Pooled it
- Offering mental health first aid to a person with depression: a Delphi study to re-develop the guidelines published in 2008.BMC psychology · 2019Guideline
- Helping Others Promote Engagement in Gambling Support (HOPE-Gam): a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Trial
- Community engagement in health guidelines and other normative products: a methodological review.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025Review
- Involving lived experience in regional efforts to address gambling-related harms: going beyond 'window dressing' and 'tick box exercises'.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Conversations About Gambling Mental Health First Aid course: effects on knowledge, stigmatising attitudes, confidence and helping behaviour.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- How can implementation intentions be used to modify gambling behavior?Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Gambling-Related Harms for Affected Others: A Finnish Population-Based Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Considerations when offering mental health first aid to a person with an intellectual disability: a Delphi study.BMC psychology · 2021Article
- Affected Others Responsivity to Gambling Harm: An International Taxonomy of Consumer-Derived Behaviour Change Techniques.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Guidelines for the public on how to provide mental health first aid: narrative review.BJPsych open · 2018Review
- Cross-cultural generalizability of suicide first aid actions: an analysis of agreement across expert consensus studies from a range of countries and cultures.BMC psychiatry · 2018Article
- Assisting an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person with gambling problems: a Delphi study.BMC psychology · 2017Article
- Development of guidelines for family and non-professional helpers on assisting an older person who is developing cognitive impairment or has dementia: a Delphi expert consensus study.BMC geriatrics · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundGambling is an enjoyable recreational pursuit for many people. However, for some it can lead to significant harms. The Delphi expert consensus method was used to develop guidelines for how a concerned family member, friend or member of the public can recognise the signs of gambling problems and support a person to change their gambling.
methodsA systematic review of websites, books and journal articles was conducted to develop a questionnaire containing items about the knowledge, skills and actions needed for supporting a person with gambling problems. These items were rated over three rounds by two international expert panels comprising people with a lived experience of gambling problems and professionals who treat people with gambling problems or research gambling problems.
resultsA total of 66 experts (34 with lived experience and 32 professionals) rated 412 helping statements according to whether they thought the statements should be included in these guidelines. There were 234 helping statements that were endorsed by at least 80 % of members of both of the expert panels. These endorsed statements were used to develop the guidelines.
conclusionTwo groups of experts were able to reach substantial consensus on how someone can recognise the signs of gambling problems and support a person to change.
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