Close
Menu

Publications 

FCGR publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  1. Czakó, A., M. N. Potenza, D. C. Hodgins, S. M. Yu, A. M. S. Wu, S. Jiménez-Murcia, H. Bowden-Jones, D. King, J. Billieux, B. Bőthe, D. J. Stein and Z. Demetrovics (2025). “Research priorities in gambling: Findings of a large-scale expert study.” Journal of behavioral addictions 14(3): 1222-1249.
  2. Siste, K., E. Hanafi, B. J. Murtani, M. Baigent, B. J. Riley, J. Sessions, L. T. Sen, H. Christian, A. Aryani and K. S. Kusuma (2024). “Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for individuals with gambling disorder in Indonesia: protocol for a pilot and feasibility study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved with reservations].” F1000 research 13: 689.
  3. Riley, B. J., J. Oakes and S. Lawn (2024). “Gambling Harm-Minimisation Tools and Their Impact on Gambling Behaviour: A Review of the Empirical Evidence.” International journal of environmental research and public health 21(8): 998.
  4. Riley, B. J., S. Lawn, B. R. Crisp and M. Battersby (2024). “Much Ado About Nothing? The Role of Land-Based Gambling Venue Employees in Facilitating Problem Gambling Harm Reduction and Help-Seeking.” Journal of gambling studies 40(1): 387-408.
  5. Riley, B. J., L. Li, D. Plevin and M. Baigent (2023). “Betting on Australian Rules Football: Can Expert Tipsters beat Randomness?” Journal of gambling studies 39(4): 1537-1546.
  6. Metcalf, O., G. Roebuck, E. Lawrence-Wood, N. Sadler, J. Baur, M. Van Hooff, D. Forbes, M. O’Donnell, S. Hodson, H. Benassi, T. Varker, M. Battersby, A. C. McFarlane and S. Cowlishaw (2023). “Gambling problems predict suicidality in recently transitioned military veterans.” Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 47(3): 100038.
  7. Carragher, N., J. Billieux, H. Bowden-Jones, S. Achab, M. N. Potenza, H. J. Rumpf, J. Long, Z. Demetrovics, D. Gentile, D. Hodgins, O. T. Aricak, M. Baigent, C. Gandin, A. Rahimi-Movaghar, E. Scafato, S. Assanangkornchai, K. Siste, W. Hao, D. L. King, J. Saunders, S. Higuchi and V. Poznyak (2022). “Brief overview of the WHO Collaborative Project on the Development of New International Screening and Diagnostic Instruments for Gaming Disorder and Gambling Disorder.” Addiction 117(7): 2119-2121.
  8. Riley, B. J., C. Oster, M. Rahamathulla and S. Lawn (2021). “Attitudes, Risk Factors, and Behaviours of Gambling among Adolescents and Young People: A Literature Review and Gap Analysis.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(3).
  9. Riley, B. J., P. Harvey, B. R. Crisp, M. Battersby and S. Lawn (2021). “Gambling-related harm as reported by concerned significant others: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of empirical studies.” Journal of family studies 27(1): 112-130.
  10. Riley, B. J., S. Harris, T. Nye, Z. Javidi-Hosseinabad and M. Baigent (2021). “Graded Exposure Therapy for Online Mobile Smartphone Sports Betting Addiction: A Case Series Report.” Journal of Gambling Studies.
  11. Riley, B. J., M. Baigent, M. W. Battersby and D. L. King (2021). “Parent-delivered contingency management for a treatment-refusing young adult with gaming disorder: Case report.” Journal of Family Therapy n/a(n/a).
  12. Dowling, N. A., S. S. Merkouris, S. N. Rodda, D. Smith, S. Aarsman, T. Lavis, D. I. Lubman, D. W. Austin, J. A. Cunningham, M. W. Battersby and S. C. O (2021). “GamblingLess: A Randomised Trial Comparing Guided and Unguided Internet-Based Gambling Interventions.” Journal of clinical medicine 10(11): 2224.
  13. Riley, B. J., S. J. Lawn, B. R. Crisp and M. W. Battersby (2020). ““When I’m not angry I am anxious”: The lived experiences of individuals in a relationship with a non-help-seeking problem gambler—A hermeneutic phenomenological study.” Journal of social and personal relationships 37(8-9): 2529-2550.
  14. Oakes, J., R. Pols, S. Lawn and M. Battersby (2020). “The “Zone”: a Qualitative Exploratory Study of an Altered State of Awareness in Electronic Gaming Machine Problem Gambling.” International journal of mental health and addiction 18(1): 177-194.
  15. Lawn, S., C. Oster, B. Riley, D. Smith, M. Baigent and M. Rahamathulla (2020). “A Literature Review and Gap Analysis of Emerging Technologies and New Trends in Gambling.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 17(3).
  16. Cowlishaw, S., O. Metcalf, E. Lawrence-Wood, J. Little, A. Sbisa, C. Deans, M. O’Donnell, N. Sadler, M. Van Hooff, M. Crozier, M. Battersby, D. Forbes and A. C. McFarlane (2020). “Gambling problems among military personnel after deployment.” Journal of psychiatric research 131: 47-53.
  17. Suomi, A., N. A. Dowling, S. Thomas, M. Abbott, M. Bellringer, M. Battersby, J. Koziol-McLain, T. Lavis and A. C. Jackson (2019). “Patterns of Family and Intimate Partner Violence in Problem Gamblers.” Journal of gambling studies 35(2): 465-484.
  18. Riley, B. J., D. Smith and M. F. Baigent (2019). “Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy: An Uncontrolled Pragmatic Pre-Post Pilot Study in a Heterogeneous Population of Female Prisoners.” Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 63(15-16): 2572-2585.
  19. Oakes, J., R. Pols, S. Lawn, M. Battersby and D. I. Lubman (2019). “‘I’ll Just Pay the Rent Next Month’: an Exploratory Study Examining Facilitatory Cognitions Among EGM Problem Gamblers.” International journal of mental health and addiction 17(6): 1564-1579.
  20. Smith, D. P., A. K. Fairweather-Schmidt, P. W. Harvey and M. W. Battersby (2018). “How does routinely delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy for gambling disorder compare to “gold standard” clinical trial?” Clin Psychol Psychother 25(2): 302-310.
  21. Smith, D., A. K. Fairweather-Schmidt, B. Riley, Z. Javidi, S. Zabeen, S. Lawn and M. Battersby (2018). “Do Males and Females Conceptualise Work and Social Impairment Differently Following Treatment for Different Mental Health Problems?” Arch Psychiatr Nurs 32(2): 285-290.
  22. Smith, D., A. K. Fairweather-Schmidt, R. Pols, P. Harvey and M. Battersby (2018). “Exploring Patterns of Change Processes Over Distinct In-Treatment Phases of Cognitive and Exposure Therapies for Electronic Gaming Machine Problem Gamblers.” Behaviour change 35(4): 228-243.
  23. Riley, B. J., S. Orlowski, D. Smith, M. Baigent, M. Battersby and S. Lawn (2018). “Understanding the business versus care paradox in gambling venues: a qualitative study of the perspectives from gamblers, venue staff and counsellors.” Harm Reduct J 15(1): 49.
  24. Riley, B. J., S. Orlowski, D. Smith, M. Baigent, M. Battersby and S. Lawn (2018). “Understanding the business versus care paradox in gambling venues: a qualitative study of the perspectives from gamblers, venue staff and counsellors.” Harm Reduct J 15(1): 49.
  25. Riley, B. J., A. Larsen, M. Battersby and P. Harvey (2018). “Problem Gambling Among Australian Male Prisoners: Lifetime Prevalence, Help-Seeking, and Association With Incarceration and Aboriginality.” Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 62(11): 3447-3459.
  26. Riley, B., M. F. Baigent, S. Harris, A. Larsen, T. Nye and M. W. Battersby (2018). “Extinction of gambling cue-reactivity: A pilot study in a problem gambling treatment setting.” J Addict Recovery. 2: 1010.
  27. Dunsmuir, P., D. Smith, A. K. Fairweather-Schmidt, B. Riley and M. Battersby (2018). “Gender differences in temporal relationships between gambling urge and cognitions in treatment-seeking adults.” Psychiatry Res 262: 282-289.
  28. Riley, B. J., A. Larsen, M. Battersby and P. Harvey (2017). “Problem gambling among female prisoners: lifetime prevalence, help-seeking behaviour and association with incarceration.” International Gambling Studies 17(3): 401-411.
  29. Merkouris, S. S., S. N. Rodda, D. Austin, D. I. Lubman, P. Harvey, M. Battersby, J. Cunningham, T. Lavis, D. Smith and N. A. Dowling (2017). “GAMBLINGLESS: FOR LIFE study protocol: a pragmatic randomised trial of an online cognitive-behavioural programme for disordered gambling.” BMJ Open 7(2): e014226.
  30. Khanbhai, Y., D. Smith and M. Battersby (2017). “Gender by Preferred Gambling Activity in Treatment Seeking Problem Gamblers: A Comparison of Subgroup Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes.” J Gambl Stud 33(1): 99-113.
  31. Abbott, M., M. Bellringer, A. C. Vandal, D. C. Hodgins, M. Battersby and S. N. Rodda (2017). “Effectiveness of problem gambling interventions in a service setting: a protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled clinical trial.” BMJ Open 7(3): e013490.
  32. Smith, D., R. Woodman, P. Harvey and M. Battersby (2016). “Self-Perceived Distress and Impairment in Problem Gamblers: A Study of Pre- to Post-treatment Measurement Invariance.” J Gambl Stud 32(4): 1065-1078.
  33. Smith, D., R. Woodman, A. Drummond and M. Battersby (2016). “Exploring the measurement structure of the Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS) in treatment-seekers: A Bayesian structural equation modelling approach.” Psychiatry Res 237: 90-96.
  34. Smith, D., R. Pols, T. Lavis, M. Battersby and P. Harvey (2016). “Experiences and Perceptions of Problem Gamblers on Cognitive and Exposure Therapies When Taking Part in a Randomised Controlled Trial: A Qualitative Study.” Journal of Gambling Studies 32(4): 1243-1260.
  35. Dowling, N., A. Suomi, A. Jackson, T. Lavis, J. Patford, S. Cockman, S. Thomas, M. Bellringer, J. Koziol-Mclain, M. Battersby, P. Harvey and M. Abbott (2016). “Problem Gambling and Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Trauma, violence & abuse 17(1): 43-61.
  36. Smith, D. P., M. W. Battersby, R. G. Pols, P. W. Harvey, J. E. Oakes and M. F. Baigent (2015). “Predictors of Relapse in Problem Gambling: A Prospective Cohort Study.” Journal of Gambling Studies 31(1): 299-313.
  37. Smith, D. P., M. W. Battersby, P. W. Harvey, R. G. Pols and R. Ladouceur (2015). “Cognitive versus exposure therapy for problem gambling: Randomised controlled trial.” Behav Res Ther 69: 100-110.
  38. Smith, D., P. Harvey, R. Humeniuk, M. Battersby and R. Pols (2015). “Effects of Affective and Anxiety Disorders on Outcome in Problem Gamblers Attending Routine Cognitive–Behavioural Treatment in South Australia.” Journal of gambling studies 31(3): 1069-1083.
  39. Riley, B. J. (2015). “The role of homework in exposure-based CBT outcome for problem gambling.” International gambling studies 15(3): 394-407.
  40. Lavis, T. J., P. W. Harvey, M. W. Battersby and D. P. Smith (2015). “Problem gambling, familial violence and alcohol misuse: exploring the triad for treatment-seekers.” International Gambling Studies 15(2): 273-284.
  41. Dham, P., A. Larsen and M. Baigent (2015). “Exposure based therapy for problem gambling in a patient with Alzheimer’s dementia.” Australas Psychiatry 23(5): 510-512.
  42. Riley, B. (2014). “Experiential avoidance mediates the association between thought suppression and mindfulness with problem gambling.” J Gambl Stud 30(1): 163-171.
  43. Morefield, K., C. Walker, D. Smith, P. Harvey, K. Dunn and M. Battersby (2014). “An Inpatient Treatment Program for People with Gambling Problems: Synopsis and Early Outcomes.” International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 12(3): 367-379.
  44. Bertossa, S., P. Harvey, D. Smith and A. Chong (2014). “A preliminary adaptation of the Problem Gambling Severity Index for Indigenous Australians: Internal reliability and construct validity.” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 38(4): 349-354.
  45. Battersby MW (2014). “Managing gambling problems in general practice.” medicSA 27: 51.
  46. Tolchard, B. and M. W. Battersby (2013). “Cognitive behaviour therapy for problem gamblers: A clinical outcomes evaluation.” Behaviour Change 30(1): 12-23.
  47. Smith, D. P., R. G. Pols, M. W. Battersby and P. W. Harvey (2013). “The Gambling Urge Scale: Reliability and validity in a clinical population.” Addiction research & theory 21(2): 113-122.
  48. Smith, D. P., K. I. Dunn, P. W. Harvey, M. W. Battersby and R. G. Pols (2013). “Assessing Randomised Clinical Trials of Cognitive and Exposure Therapies for Gambling Disorders: A Systematic Review.” Behaviour change 30(3): 139-158.
  49. Smith, D. P., M. W. Battersby, P. W. Harvey, R. G. Pols and R. Ladouceur (2013). “Two-group randomised, parallel trial of cognitive and exposure therapies for problem gambling: a research protocol.” BMJ open 3(6): e003244.
  50. Oakes, J., R. Pols, M. Battersby, S. Lawn, M. Pulvirenti and D. Smith (2012). “A focus group study of predictors of relapse in electronic gaming machine problem gambling, part 1: factors that ‘push’ towards relapse.” J Gambl Stud 28(3): 451-464.
  51. Oakes, J., P. Gardiner, K. McLaughlin and M. Battersby (2012). “A Pilot Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Program for Problem Gamblers in a Rural Australian Setting.” International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 10(4): 490-500.
  52. Smith, D. P., M. W. Battersby, P. W. Harvey, R. G. Pols, M. F. Baigent and J. E. Oakes (2011). “The influence of depression and other co-occurring conditions on treatment outcomes for problem gamblers: a cohort study.” Med J Aust 195(3): S56-59.
  53. Riley, B., D. Smith and J. Oakes (2011). “Exposure therapy for problem gambling in rural communities: a program model and early outcomes.” Aust J Rural Health 19(3): 142-146.
  54. Hounslow, V., D. Smith, M. Battersby and K. Morefield (2011). “Predictors of Problem Gambling Severity in Treatment Seeking Gamblers.” International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 9(6): 682-695.
  55. Tolchard, B. and M. W. Battersby (2010). “The Victorian Gambling Screen: reliability and validation in a clinical population.” J Gambl Stud 26(4): 623-638.
  56. Smith, D., P. Harvey, M. Battersby, R. Pols, J. Oakes and M. Baigent (2010). “Treatment outcomes and predictors of drop out for problem gamblers in South Australia: a cohort study.” Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44(10): 911-920.
  57. Oakes, J., M. W. Battersby, R. G. Pols and P. Cromarty (2008). “Exposure therapy for problem gambling via Videoconferencing: a case report.” J Gambl Stud 24(1): 107-118.
  58. Tolchard, B., L. Thomas and M. Battersby (2007). “GPs and problem gambling: can they help with identification and early intervention?” J Gambl Stud 23(4): 499-506.
  59. Tolchard, B., L. Thomas and M. Battersby (2006). “Single-session exposure therapy for problem gambling: A single-case experimental design.” Behaviour Change 23(2): 148-155.
  60. Battersby, M., B. Tolchard, M. Scurrah and L. Thomas (2006). “Suicide ideation and behaviour in people with pathological gambling attending a treatment service.” International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 4(3): 233-246.
  61. Battersby, M. W., L. J. Thomas, B. Tolchard and A. Esterman (2002). “The South Oaks Gambling Screen: A review with reference to Australian use.” Journal of Gambling Studies 18(3): 257-271.
  62. Battersby, M., D. ben-tovim, A. Estermann, B. Tolchard and M. Dickerson (2001). “The VAGS: A new australian instrument for the detection of problem gambling.” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 35: A2-A2.
  63. Tolchard, B. and M. Battersby (2000). “Evaluation of the intensive therapy service for problem gamblers an in-patient program.” Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry 34(s1): A67-A67.
  64. Battersby, M., Tolchard, B, Oakes, J. (1999). “Outcomes of a treatment program for pathological gamblers. .” Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 33: 366-373.

 

 

SGTS Government reports/Other

  1. Riley, B., Oakes, J. & Lawn, S. (2022). 2022: Gambling harm reduction: evidence gap analysis. Final Report. Victorian Foundation Responsible Gambling, SR/22/03, Melbourne.
  2. Vandal, WAC., Henry, N., Battersby, M., Mauchline, Hodgins, D. C & Landon, J. (2021). Effectiveness of face-to-face gambling interventions: A randomised controlled trial. Auckland University of Technology, Gambling and Addictions Research Centre Final Report, March 2022.
  3. Cowlishaw, S., Metcalf, O., Little, J., Sbisa, A., Deans, C., O’Donnell, M. L., Sadler, N., Van Hooff, M., Lawrence-Wood, E. R., Crozier, T., Battersby, M., McFarlane, A., & Forbes, D. (2020). Gambling problems among Australian military personnel after deployment: analyses of the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) Prospective Health Study. Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation.Vandal, WAC., Janicot, S., Ikeda, T., Hodgins, D. C., Battersby, M., van Kessel, K., Sullivan, S., Riley, B., Te Ao, B., Henry, N., Mauchline, L., & Landon, J. (2021). Effectiveness of face-to-face gambling interventions: Two years later. Auckland University of Technology, Gambling and Addictions Research Centre Final Report, 28 June 2021.
  4. Metcalk, O, Lawrence-Wood, E., Baur, J., Van Hooff, M, Forbes, D., O’Donnell, M., Sadler, N., Hodson, S., Benassi, H., Varker, T., Battersby, M., McFarlane, A & Cowlishaw, S. (2021). Gambling problems, risk factors, and implications in Australian veterans. Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation. Melbourne, April 2021.
  1. Lawn, S., Oster, C., Riley, B., Baigent, M., Smith D. (2019). Responsible gambling and gambling harm minimisation research gap analysis: rapid review of literature. Final Report. NSW Office Responsible Gambling.
  2. Dowling, N., Merkouris, S., Rodda, S., Smith, D., Lavis, T., Lubman, D., …. Battersby, M. (2018). Development and evaluation of an online gambling self-directed program: Effective integration into existing services. Melbourne: Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation.
  3. Bertossa, S., Nguyen, L., Riley, B., Phuong, M., Battersby, M. & Harvey, P. (2015).  Vietnamese Problem Gambling Treatment Program therapist Manual, prepared by Statewide Gambling Therapy Service (SGTS), in conjunction with the Vietnamese Community in Australia (SA Chapter Inc.) (VCASA), FHBHRU Flinders University.
  4. Riley, B. (2017). Flinders Accept Program: Acceptance and commitment therapy group program for emotional problems, Manual. Flinders Human Behaviour and Research Unit, ISBN 978-1-920966-53- 9.
  5. Riley, B. (2017). Flinders Accept Program: Acceptance and commitment therapy group program for emotional problems, Workbook. Flinders Human Behaviour and Research Unit, ISBN 978-1-920966- 54-6
  6. Riley, B., Harvey, P. & Battersby, M. (2015). A problem gambling treatment pilot in a prison setting and lifetime prevalence of problem gambling among a prison population, Project Report. Department for Correctional Services Department for Correctional Services Community Grants Scheme, Grant number CEN/13/1048
  7. Riley, B. & Battersby, M. (2015). Victorian Foundation for Responsible Gambling Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training for Gamblers Help counselling staff Report. Victorian Foundation for Responsible Gambling, Melbourne, Victoria.
  8. Battersby, M., Riley, B., Harris, S. & Smith, D. (2015). Combined Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy Approach: A treatment manual for problem gambling. Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit Flinders University
  9. Battersby, M., Oakes, J., Harris, S. & Riley, B. (2011). Inpatient treatment manual: Cue exposure and response prevention for the treatment of problem gambling. Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit Flinders University, ISDBN 978-1-920966-33-1
  10. Forbes, F., Battersby, M., Baigent, M., Pols, R., Harvey, P., Oakes, J., & Edmonds, C. (2010). Naltrexone Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Effectiveness Study. Independent Gambling Authority, SA.
  11. Battersby, M., Oakes, J., Redpath, P., Harris, S. & Riley, B. (2011). Treatment Manual: Cue Exposure and Response Prevention for The Treatment of Problem Gambling. Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit Flinders University ISDBN 978-1- 920966-29-4.
  12. Battersby, M., Oakes, J., Tolchard, B., Forbes, A., & Pols, R. (n.d.). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Problem Gamblers. In In the Pursuit of Winning (pp. 179–197). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72173-6_11
  13. Riley, B. (2007). Patterns of nicotine and alcohol dependence in a sample of treatment seeking problem gamblers: Usefulness as predictors of dropout. Thesis prepared for requirements of Masters of Mental Sciences Degree, Flinders University, School of Medicine.
  14. Victorian Casino, Gaming Authority, Ben-Tovim, D. I., Esterman, A., Tolchard, B. & Battersby, M. (2001). The Victorian Gambling Screen, Gambling Research Panel, Melbourne.
Chase your dreams, not your losses
The Statewide Gambling Therapy Service is provided by the Southern Adelaide Local Network, and is funded through SA Health
© Copyright 2025 Statewide Gambling