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PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING

Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2000
With increasing access to gambling facilities through casinos, the Internet, and other venues, PG is a rapidly emerging mental health concern. This impulse-control disorder tends to be comorbid with a wide range of other disorders and is reportedly associated with a high rate of suicide.
E, Hollander   +2 more
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Pathological Gambling

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1988
We investigated psychobiological substrates of pathological gambling by measuring levels of norepinephrine, monoamine metabolites, and peptides in cerebrospinal fluid, plasma, and urine. Pathological gamblers had a significantly higher centrally produced fraction of cerebrospinal fluid levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol as well as significantly ...
Roy, A   +9 more
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Genetics of Pathological Gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies, 2003
Pathological gambling (PG) is an impulse control disorder and a model 'behavioral' addiction. Familial factors have been observed in clinical studies of pathological gamblers, and twin studies have demonstrated a genetic influence contributing to the development of PG.
Angela, Ibáñez   +4 more
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Treatment of pathological gambling

Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2009
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 12 months.The efficacy of naltrexone treatment for pathological gambling has been replicated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, confirmatory study. For mood stabilizers,
Kit Sang, Leung, Linda B, Cottler
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The genetics of pathological gambling

Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 2001
Problem and pathological gambling (PG) occurs in about 5% of Americans. Gambling is associated with substantial psychosocial and psychiatric health problems, and the increasing ease of access to gambling may increase its future prevalence. Therefore, it is important to gain greater insight into the causes of PG. Family studies of PG are consistent with
S A, Eisen   +7 more
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The psychopharmacology of pathological gambling

Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 2001
We discuss the rationale of the pharmacological approaches to pathological gambling and review the current status of drug treatments in this area. Specifically, we summarize the treatment study results of serotonin reuptake inhibitors, mood stabilizers, and opioid antagonists in pathological gambling.
S W, Kim, J E, Grant
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Pathological Gambling and Depression

Psychological Reports, 1996
A number of previous studies have indicated that pathological gambling is often associated with depression. Equally, a number of theoretical models of pathological gambling have included depression as a key variable. Here we report a study of depression in pathological gamblers identified within a random sample of 1,615 adults living in the major ...
E, Becona   +2 more
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Interventions for pathological gambling

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2000
With the legalization of new forms of gambling there are increasing numbers of individuals who appear to have gambling related problems and who are seeking help. The individual and societal consequences are significant. Pathological gambling can result in the gambler jeopardizing or losing a significant relationship or job and committing criminal ...
M A, Oakley-Browne   +2 more
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Update on pathological gambling

Current Psychiatry Reports, 1996
Pathological gambling (PG) is a significant public health concern associated with high rates of psychiatric comorbidity and mortality. Although research into the biology of PG is still in an early stage, recent advances in our understanding of motivation, reward, and addiction have provided substantial insight into the possible pathophysiology of this ...
Jon E, Grant   +2 more
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Schizophrenia and Pathological Gambling

The American Journal on Addictions, 2007
High rates of pathological gambling are found in psychiatric populations, including those with mood or substance use disorders. The extent to which individuals with schizophrenia exhibit the symptoms of pathological gambling has not been adequately investigated. This paper examines the case of a 40‐year‐old schizophrenic female with a four‐year history
Borras L, Huguelet P
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