Compulsive gambling

Shin YC, Lim SW, Choi SW, Kim SW, Grant JE. Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. J Gambl Stud. 2009 Feb 27 PURPOSES: We investigated differences in temperament and character between early and late onset Korean pathological gamblers to identify whether the age of onset of pathological gambling […]

McMullan JL, Miller D. Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada. J Gambl Stud. 2009 Feb 25. This study analyzed a sample of 920 lottery ads that were placed or played in Atlantic Canada from January 2005 to December 2006. A content analysis, involving quantitative and qualitative techniques, was conducted to examine the design features, exposure profiles […]

Ros LT. Bratisl Lek Listy. 2008;109(10):459-60. Department of Neurosurgery, Central University Teaching Hospital with Policlinic, Armed Forces School of Medicine, Independent Public Health Care Institution, Warszawa, Poland. The authors regard gambling as addiction. A detailed psychiatric examination revealed the obsessive-compulsive syndrome in the patient. The authors treated the patient systematically using the individual psychotherapy and […]

Echeburua E, de Corral P. Adicciones. 2008;20(4):321-5. This paper deals with the new development of controlled gambling embedded in a harm-reduction context as a viable solution both for primary prevention at school and for treatment of some kinds of problematic gamblers. Pathological gambling significantly improves with psychological therapies, such as stimulus control and in vivo […]

Barnes GM, Welte JW, Hoffman JH, Tidwell MC.Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2009 Jan;70(1):134-42. Objective: Problem gambling has been linked with substance misuse among youth in a number of regional studies, yet there have been no large representative U.S. surveys of gambling […]

Ladouceur R, Lachance S, Fournier PM. School of Psychology, Laval University, 2325, rue des Bibliothèques, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada. Behav Res Ther. 2008 Nov 27. According to a report of National Gambling Impact Study Commission (National Gambling Impact Study Commission (1999). Final report. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.), 97% of problem gamblers in the United […]

Leung KS, Cottler LB. Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2009 Jan;22(1):69-74. PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This paper highlights the development of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for pathological gambling and is based on a review of the literature published in the past […]

Walker M, Toneatto T, Potenza MN, Petry N, Ladouceur R, Hodgins DC, el-Guebaly N, Echeburua E, Blaszczynski A. Addiction. 2006 Apr;101(4):504-11. OBJECTIVE: The objective is provide a framework concerning the minimum features of reporting efficacy of treatment in the problem gambling field. Research to date has not used uniform outcome measures and it is, therefore, […]

Goudriaan AE, Oosterlaan J, de Beurs E, van den Brink W. Addiction. 2006 Apr;101(4):534-47. AIMS: Neurocognitive functions in pathological gambling have relevance for the aetiology and treatment of this disorder, yet are poorly understood. This study therefore investigated neurocognitive impairments of executive functions in a group of carefully screened Diagnostic and Statistical Manual version IV […]

Currie SR, Hodgins DC, Wang J, el-Guebaly N, Wynne H, Chen S. Addiction. 2006 Apr;101(4):570-80. AIMS: To examine the relationship between gambling behaviours and risk of gambling-related harm in a nationally representative population sample. DESIGN: Risk curves of gambling frequency and expenditure (total amount and percentage of income) were plotted against harm from gambling.