Monitor Your Gambling & Urges (MYGU)

Description:

Monitor Your Gambling and Urges (MYGU) is an interactive self-monitoring tool for people with gambling problems. It is available as a mobile application and a website - and you can use both interchangeably. The program allows you to keep track of your gambling behaviour. You are encouraged to make a diary entry every time you have an urge to gamble. The diary prompts you to record details about the urge, including the date/time, details about what you did, the trigger and the outcome. These details are all recorded and can be used to generate a range of reports, such as the frequency of different triggers and consequences of gambling over varying time periods. Registration for MYGU gives you access to a suite of online self-help gambling tools developed by PGIO.

Service URL:

https://www.problemgambling.ca/gambling-help/mygu-getmobile/

Agency Responsible:

Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario (PGIO), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Ontario.

Mobile Platforms:

Apple, Android and Blackberry.

Details

Format:

Smartphone Application. Available as a mobile app and website

Intervention Type:

Other. Self-monitoring

Course Structure:

No Set Course.

Course Length:

Moderate (2-5 modules). A diary tool and summary reports

Support Option:

Automated only. A range of summary reports based on the information you have recorded

Target Audience

Primary Category:

Gambling.

Target Audiences:

Adult and Young Adult.

Language:

English.

Access

Mobile platforms:

Blackberry:

http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/128625/?lang=en

Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.camh.mygu

Apple:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/monitor-your-gambling-urges/id512241001?ls=1&mt=8

Fee:

Free. Both the mobile app and website are free.

Access:

Open: With registration. Registration is anonymous - no identifying information is collected, you only need an email address.

Contact Details:

webmaster@problemgambling.ca

Research evidence

Research Trials:

0

Research RCTs:

0

Outcome Summary:

No research evidence on the effectiveness of this program is currently available, although a three-year evaluation study is planned. The reference cited below describes the program and its development.

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Research paper citations

Additional references:
Weyman, M. (2012) The New ProblemGambling.ca Online Tools: Increasing Access to Help. International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and Risky Behaviour Newsletter, 12 (1): 1-3.