Possibly, when the clock is moved forward or back one hour, the body’s internal clock does not adjust. In a study of 55,000 people researchers from Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Germany, found that on days off from work, people tended to sleep on standard time, not daylight time.
Major depression affects approximately 10 million Americans or roughly 5% of the population and is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Similarly, alcohol problems, including at-risk drinking, alcohol abuse, and alcohol dependence, are highly prevalent. Patients with depression frequently have alcohol problems. Alcohol problems in depressed patients present diagnostic and management challenges […]
Papoff KM, Norris JE. University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. J Gambl Stud. 2009 Feb 27. Instant ticket purchase gambling (ITPG) is pervasive in Ontario and has features that mimic slot machine play. Previous researchers have reported that ITPG is one preferred activity for at-risk/problem gamblers. In the general Canadian population, rate of participation in […]
Xuan Z, Shaffer H. Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. J Gambl Stud. 2009 Feb 27. Objective: To examine behavioral patterns of actual Internet gamblers who experienced gambling-related problems and voluntarily closed their accounts. Design: A nested case-control design was used to compare gamblers who closed […]
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 […]
Camara E, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Münte TF. Department of Neuropsychology, University of Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany. Front Hum Neurosci. 2008;2:19. Controversial results have been reported concerning the neural mechanisms involved in the processing of rewards and punishments. On the one hand, there is evidence suggesting that monetary gains and losses activate a similar fronto-subcortical network. On the […]
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 […]
H. Richardson1, 3; L. E. O’Dell2; S. Y. Lee3; G. F. Koob1; C. L. Rivier3 1. Neuropharmacology, CVN-7, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. 2. Psychology, University of Texas, El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA. 3. Clayton Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. Alcohol is a potent modulator […]
W. A. Williams1; R. E. Carson3; A. Heinz2; J. Bjork5; M. Enoch4; C. Geyer5; R. Rawlings5; D. Hommer5; D. Goldman4; P. Herscovitch6 1. Psychiatry, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, USA. 2. Psychiatry, Humboldt Univ, Berlin, Germany. 3. PET Center, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, USA. 4. Lab Neurogenetics, NIAAA, Bethesda, MD, USA. 5. Lab Clinical […]
J. D. Higley1; C. S. Barr1; S. J. Suomi2 1. Section of Primate Models of Psychopathology, LCTS, NIH, NIAAA Intramural, Poolesville, MD, USA. 2. Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, NICHD, Intramural, Poolesville, MD, USA. A relationship between alcohol intake and aggressive behavior has been demonstrated in a variety of studies. Primary among the factors that contribute […]
