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David C. Hodgins

David C. Hodgins

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Psychology

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81
Citations
19904
World Ranking
1414
National Ranking
76

Medicine

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78
Citations
18422
World Ranking
18181
National Ranking
765

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

David C. Hodgins is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on psychology, with significant contributions in the subfields of clinical psychology, epidemiology, sociology and political science, applied psychology, and general health professions.

The main topics covered by Hodgins' work include gambling behavior and treatments, sexuality, behavior, and technology, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, the impact of technology on adolescents, behavioral health and interventions, digital mental health interventions, and homelessness and social issues.

Recent publications by David C. Hodgins include:

  • "Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance," 2020, Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • "A meta-analysis of problem gambling risk factors in the general adult population," 2021, Addiction
  • "Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components," 2020, Internet Interventions
  • "The impact of COVID-19 on gambling and gambling disorder: emerging data," 2021, Current Opinion in Psychiatry
  • "The Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: A revised framework for understanding gambling harm," 2020, Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Frequent coauthors with whom Hodgins has collaborated include Hyoun S. Kim, Daniel S. McGrath, Robert J. Williams, Rhys Stevens, and Yale D. Belanger.

Hodgins has published extensively in academic journals, with repeated appearances in the Journal of Gambling Studies, Journal of Behavioral Addictions, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Addictive Behaviors, and International Gambling Studies.

Among professional recognitions, Hodgins was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance.

    Orsolya Király;Marc N. Potenza;Dan J. Stein;Daniel L. King

  • Natural and treatment‐assisted recovery from gambling problems: a comparison of resolved and active gamblers

    David C. Hodgins;Nady El-Guebaly

  • Motivational enhancement and self-help treatments for problem gambling.

    David C. Hodgins;Shawn R. Currie;Nady el-Guebaly

  • Gambling disorders

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  • Validity of the Problem Gambling Severity Index Interpretive Categories

    Shawn R. Currie;Shawn R. Currie;David C. Hodgins;David M. Casey

  • Smoking cessation treatment for patients with schizophrenia.

    Jean Addington;Nady el-Guebaly;William Campbell;David C. Hodgins

  • Barriers to seeking help for gambling problems: a review of the empirical literature.

    Helen Suurvali;Joanne Cordingley;David C Hodgins;John Cunningham;John Cunningham

  • Including gaming disorder in the ICD-11: The need to do so from a clinical and public health perspective.

    Hans Jürgen Rumpf;Sophia Achab;Sophia Achab;Joël Billieux;Henrietta Bowden-Jones

  • Risk of harm among gamblers in the general population as a function of level of participation in gambling activities.

    Shawn R. Currie;David C. Hodgins;JianLi Wang;Nady el-Guebaly

  • The Carleton University responsiveness to suggestion scale: normative data and psychometric properties.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;H. Lorraine Radtke;David C. Hodgins;Henderikus J. Stam

  • More data on the Addiction Severity Index. Reliability and validity with the mentally ill substance abuser.

    David C. Hodgins;Nady El-Guebaly

  • Prospective and retrospective reports of mood states before relapse to substance use.

    David C. Hodgins;Nady el-Guebaly;Susan Armstrong

  • Retrospective and prospective reports of precipitants to relapse in pathological gambling.

    David C. Hodgins;Nady el-Guebaly

  • Gambling as a Search for Justice: Examining the Role of Personal Relative Deprivation in Gambling Urges and Gambling Behavior

    Mitchell J. Callan;John H. Ellard;N. Will Shead;David C. Hodgins

  • Reliability and validity of data obtained from alcohol, cannabis, and gambling populations on Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

    Hyoun S. Kim;David C. Hodgins

  • A transdiagnostic dimensional approach towards a neuropsychological assessment for addiction: an international Delphi consensus study

    Murat Yücel;Erin Oldenhof;Serge H. Ahmed;David Belin

  • Randomized controlled trial of brief cognitive-behavioural interventions for insomnia in recovering alcoholics.

    Shawn R Currie;Stewart Clark;David C Hodgins;Nady El-Guebaly

  • Treatment Seeking Among Ontario Problem Gamblers: Results of a Population Survey

    B.A. Helen Suurvali;David Hodgins;Tony Toneatto;John Cunningham

  • Factors at play in faster progression for female pathological gamblers: An exploratory analysis

    Hermano Tavares;Silvia S. Martins;Daniela S. S. Lobo;Camila M. Silveira

  • The efficacy of motivational interviewing for disordered gambling: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Igor Yakovenko;Leanne Quigley;Brenda R. Hemmelgarn;David C. Hodgins

  • Treatment of substance abusers: single or mixed gender programs?

    David C. Hodgins;Nady El-Guebaly;Jean Addington

  • Brief motivational treatment for problem gambling: a 24-month follow-up.

    David C. Hodgins;Shawn Currie;Nady el-Guebaly;Nicole Peden

Frequent Co-Authors

Nady el-Guebaly
Nady el-Guebaly University of Calgary
John A. Cunningham
John A. Cunningham Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Robert J. Williams
Robert J. Williams University of Lethbridge
Shawn R. Currie
Shawn R. Currie University of Calgary
Donald Schopflocher
Donald Schopflocher University of Alberta
Max Abbott
Max Abbott Auckland University of Technology
Judith C. Barker
Judith C. Barker University of California, San Francisco
Mark B. Sobell
Mark B. Sobell Nova Southeastern University
Linda C. Sobell
Linda C. Sobell Nova Southeastern University
Dan I. Lubman
Dan I. Lubman Monash University

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