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Medical Journal of Australia, 1979
According to DSM-III criteria, pathological gambling is now recognised as a mental illness. Epidemiological data suggest that the incidence of this disorder in the general population varies from 0.5% to 1%. However, until recently, psychiatrists and clinical psychologists have tended to neglect the problem because of a lack of understanding of its ...
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According to DSM-III criteria, pathological gambling is now recognised as a mental illness. Epidemiological data suggest that the incidence of this disorder in the general population varies from 0.5% to 1%. However, until recently, psychiatrists and clinical psychologists have tended to neglect the problem because of a lack of understanding of its ...
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Alexithymia and Pathological Gambling
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2010Alexithymia is increased in addictive disorders such as alcoholism, cocaine abuse, and binge eating. Pathological gambling is a form of addictive disorder and may be influenced by alexithymia. We examined the association of alexithymia (Toronto Alexithymia Scale) and pathological gambling (South Oaks Gambling Screen) in 1,147 young adults; 3.1% were ...
M A, Lumley, K J, Roby
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Pathological gambling and criminality
Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2009To review research results on the relationship between pathological gambling and criminality, published in 2007 and 2008, in English and in Spanish.An important association between pathological gambling and criminality was confirmed in populations of anonymous gamblers, helpline callers and substance abusers.
Jorge Oscar, Folino +1 more
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The epidemiology of pathological gambling
Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 2001Increased attention has been given to the disorder of pathological gambling, especially since the formation of the latest Presidential Commission to study its social and economic impact on the nation. Researchers have experienced difficulty in establishing the prevalence of pathological gambling disorder attributable to several factors, namely: debate ...
R M, Cunningham-Williams, L B, Cottler
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The neurobiology of pathological gambling
Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 2001Despite relatively high prevalence rates and significant morbidity and mortality associated with pathological gambling (PG), our understanding of the neurobiological basis of PG lags in comparison to that for other psychiatric illnesses of comparable magnitude. An improved understanding of the neurobiology of PG would facilitate targeted investigations
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Pharmacological Treatments of Pathological Gambling
Journal of Gambling Studies, 2005Medication treatment studies have demonstrated short-term efficacy of various SRIs, opioid antagonists, and mood stabilizers in sub-samples of adult treatment seeking pathological gamblers. Pathological gambling is frequently comorbid with bipolar spectrum disorders, substance abuse/dependence, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and ...
E. HOLLANDER +4 more
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CNS Drugs, 2008
Neurobiological research has shown the potential involvement of serotonergic, dopaminergic and opioid dysfunction in the pathophysiology of pathological gambling. In this review, we present current theories of the neuropathology of pathological gambling, paying particular attention to the role of the neural circuitry underlying motivation, reward ...
Iulian, Iancu +4 more
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Neurobiological research has shown the potential involvement of serotonergic, dopaminergic and opioid dysfunction in the pathophysiology of pathological gambling. In this review, we present current theories of the neuropathology of pathological gambling, paying particular attention to the role of the neural circuitry underlying motivation, reward ...
Iulian, Iancu +4 more
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Varieties of Pathological Gambling
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1970Gambling may be defined as an activity which has the following four characteristics: 1.There is an agreement between two or more persons; the participation of others is therefore essential, although sometimes, as in pools and fruit machine gambling, this is more remote.2.Certain property is transferred between the persons involved so that some gain at ...
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2006
Abstract This chapter presents an integrated, moral-therapeutic perspective on pathological gambling. Such a perspective emphasizes helping individuals to accept responsibility, where responsibility refers to obligations rather than to blame. It understands therapy as a special moral context rather than as replacing morality.
Lorne M. Korman +2 more
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Abstract This chapter presents an integrated, moral-therapeutic perspective on pathological gambling. Such a perspective emphasizes helping individuals to accept responsibility, where responsibility refers to obligations rather than to blame. It understands therapy as a special moral context rather than as replacing morality.
Lorne M. Korman +2 more
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Masochism and Pathological Gambling
Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 2015That all pathological gamblers have an "unconscious wish to lose," an idea first expressed by Freud and Bergler, is neither true nor useful; wrong as well, however, are the reasons for neglecting masochism in relation to gambling. There is a small but clinically significant subgroup of pathological gamblers who are masochistic.
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