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A perspective on future directions in the prevention, treatment, and research of pathological gambling. Potenza, M.N. (2002). Psychiatric Annals, 32, 203-207.

Advances in the pharmacological treatment of pathological gambling. Grant, J.E., Kim, S.W., & Potenza, M.N. (2003). Journal of Gambling Studies, 19, 85-109.

Advancing treatment strategies for pathological gambling. Potenza, M. N. (2005). Journal of Gambling Studies, 21(1), 91-98.

Alcohol abuse and pathological gambling: Impact on treatment outcome. Stinchfield, R.D., Kushner, M., & Winters, K.C. (2005). Journal of Gambling Studies, 21(3), 273-97.

An open naltrexone treatment study in pathological gambling disorder. Kim, S.W., & Grant, J.E. (2001). International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 16, 285-289.

Cognitive and behavioral treatment of pathological gambling: A controlled study. Sylvain, C., Ladouceur, R., & Boisvert, J.M. (1997). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 727-732.

Cognitive treatment of pathological gambling. Ladouceur, R., Sylvain, C., Boutin, C., Lachance, S., Doucet, C., Leblond, J., et al. (2001). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 189, 774-780.

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Gambling Treatment Outcome Monitoring System (GAMTOMS). Stinchfield, R., Winters, K.C., Botzet, A., Jerstad, S., & Breyer, J. (in press). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Development of the temptations for gambling questionnaire: A measure of temptation in recently quit gamblers. Holub, A., Hodgins, D. C., & Peden, N.E. (2005). Addiction Research and Theory, 13(2), 179-191.

Double-blind naltrexone and placebo comparison study in the treatment of pathological gambling. Kim, S.W., Grant, J.E. & Adson, D.E. (2001). Biological Psychiatry, 49, 914-921.

DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling: Reliability, validity, and classification accuracy. Stinchfield, R., Govoni, R., & Frisch, G.R. (2005). American Journal of Addiction, 14, 73-82.

Evaluating the Iowa Department of Public Health Gambling Treatment Program: Four years of evidence. Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R., LaPlante, D., Kidman, R., & Korn, D. A. (2002). Boston: Harvard Medical School, Division on Addictions.

Gambling: An addictive behavior with health and primary care implications. Potenza, M.N., Fiellin, D. A., Heninger, G.R., Rounsaville, B.J., & Mazure, C.M. (2002). Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17, 721-32.

Motivational enhancement and self-help treatments for problem gambling. Hodgins, D. C., Currie, S. R., & el-Guebaly, N. (2001). Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 69, 50-57.

Paroxetine treatment of pathological gambling: A multi-centre randomized controlled trial. Grant, J. E., Kim, S.W., Potenza, M.N., Blanco, C., Ibanez, A., Stevens, L., et al. (2003). International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 18, 243-249.

Pathological gambling: A clinical guide to treatment. Grant, J.E., & Potenza, M.N. (Eds). (2004). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.

Pathological gambling: Current status and new treatments. Kim, S.W., Grant, J.E., & Grosz, R.L. (2002). Minnesota Medicine, 85, 48-50, 52.

Processes of changing gambling behavior. Hodgins, D.C. (2001). Addictive Behaviors, 26, 121-128.

Quitting again: Motivations and strategies for terminating gambling relapses. Thygesen, K., & Hodgins, D. C. (2003). Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues, 9, 1-21.

Reducing resistance and denial by exercising ambivalence during the treatment of addiction. Shaffer, H.J., & Simoneau, G. (2001). Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 20(1), 99-105.

Reliability, validity, and classification accuracy of a measure of DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling. Stinchfield, R. (2003). American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 180-2.

Reliability, validity, and classification accuracy of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS). Stinchfield, R. (2002). Addictive Behaviors, 27, 1-19.

Retrospective and prospective reports of precipitants to relapse in pathological gambling. Hodgins, D. C., & el-Guebaly, N. (2004). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 72-80.

The assessment of gambling related disorders. Shaffer, H. J., & Freed, C. R. (2005). In D. Donovan & G. A. Marlatt (Eds.), Assessment of Addictive Behaviors. New York: Guilford.

The association between comorbidity and outcome in pathological gambling: A prospective follow-up of recent quitters. Hodgins, D. C., Peden, N., & Cassidy, E. (2005). Journal of Gambling Studies, 21(3), 255-71.

The cognitive approach to understanding and treating pathological gambling. Ladouceur, R., & Walker, M. (1998). In A.S. Bellack & M. Hersen (Eds.), Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, (pp. 588-601). New York: Pergamon.

The Iowa Department of Public Health Gambling Treatment Services: Follow-up Study Report (Technical Report #20304-200). Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Kidman, R. C., & Nelson, S. E. (2004). Boston: Harvard Medical School.

The Iowa Gambling Treatment Program: Treatment outcomes for a follow-up sample. Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D., Kidman, R., & Donato, A. (2005). Journal of Gambling Studies, 21, 59-71.

The psychopharmacology of pathological gambling. Kim, S.W., & Grant, J.E. (2001). Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 6, 184-194.

The treatment of gambling related disorders. Shaffer, H. J., & LaPlante, D. (2005). In G. A. Marlatt & D. M. Donovan (Eds.), Relapse prevention (second ed.). New York: Guilford.

Treating problem gamblers: Working towards empirically supported treatment. Ladouceur, R., & Shaffer, H.J. (2005). Journal of Gambling Studies, 21(1), 1-4.

Treatment issues pertaining to pathological gamblers with a comorbid disorder. Winters, K.C., & Kushner, M. (2003). Journal of Gambling Studies, 19(3):261-77.

Trusting problem gamblers: Reliability and validity of self-reported gambling behaviour. Hodgins, D. C., & Makarchuk, K. (2003). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 17, 244-248.

Understanding and treating pathological gamblers. Ladouceur, R., Sylvain, C., Boutin, C., & Doucet, C. (2002). London: Wiley.

Using the NORC DSM screen for gambling problems (NODS) as an outcome measure for pathological gambling: Reliability and validity. Hodgins, D. C. (2004). Addictive Behaviors, 29(8), 1685-1690.

Why problem gamblers quit gambling: A comparison of methods and samples. Hodgins, D.C., Makarchuk, K., el-Guebaly, N., & Peden, N. (2002). Addiction Research and Therapy, 10, 203-218.