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Prevalence and types of video gaming and gambling activities among adolescent public school students: findings from a cross-sectional study in Italy

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
Adolescence is characterized by emotional instability and risk-taking behaviours that can lead to, among other things, an increased risk of developing pathological video-gaming and gambling habits.
Loredana Cena, Matteo Rota, Stefano Calza, Alice Trainini, Sara Zecca, Sofia Bonetti Zappa, Luisa Silvia Nodari, Alberto Stefana   +7 more
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Effects of a depression-focused internet intervention in slot machine gamblers: A randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundProblematic and pathological gambling have been linked to depression. Despite a high demand for treatment and negative financial consequences, only a small fraction of problematic and pathological gamblers seek professional help.
Lara Bücker, Julia Bierbrodt, Iver Hand, Charlotte Wittekind, Steffen Moritz   +4 more
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Fluoxetine combined with risperidone in treatment of online gambling disorder-case report

Heliyon, 2023
Pathological gambling leaves seriously negative impacts on individuals, families, and society. With the universal use of internet, online gambling disorder is also increasing worldwide.
Mei Bai, Erjia Huang, Huijie Du, Lu Yang, Xin Zhang, Yang Yang, Zhe Yan, Wei Wang   +7 more
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Pathological Gambling Disorder: An Overview [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Gambling has a long back history and also referred to as ‘Natural evil’. The most well-established finding in literature is conceptualisation of pathological gambling as a behaviour addiction with high rate of alcohol and substance use disorders.
Sambhu Prasad, OM Prakash Jiriwal
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The importance of friends and family to recreational gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background The variables correlated with problem gambling are routinely assessed and fairly well established. However, problem gamblers were all ‘at-risk’ and ‘recreational’ gamblers at some point. Thus, it is instructive from a prevention perspective to
Alissa Mazar, Robert J. Williams, Edward J. Stanek, Martha Zorn, Rachel A. Volberg   +4 more
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Abnormalities of Functional Brain Networks in Pathological Gambling: A Graph-Theoretical Approach

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
Functional neuroimaging studies of pathological gambling demonstrate alterations in frontal and subcortical regions of the mesolimbic reward system.
Melanie eTschernegg, Julia Sophia eCrone, Tina eEigenberger, Philipp eSchwartenbeck, Philipp eSchwartenbeck, Mira eFauth-Bühler, Tagrid eLeménager, Karl eMann, Natasha eThon, Friedrich M Wurst, Martin eKronbichler, Martin eKronbichler   +11 more
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Alexithymia and gambling: Psychotherapy to differentiate feelings

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction The relationship of alexithymia with gambling addiction is not obvious, but it is present, as evidenced by the results of many studies. Alexithymia is likely to associate with gambling as a coping behavior to increase emotional arousal and
A. Savnikova, O. Khaustova
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COVID-19 Related Distress in Gambling Disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a dramatic impact on everyday life globally. In this context, it has been reported that the lockdown and social distancing may have exerted an impact even on gambling behavior, not only by increasing gambling behavior in
Luana Salerno, Stefano Pallanti, Stefano Pallanti   +2 more
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Investigating Adolescents’ Video Gaming and Gambling Activities, and Their Relationship With Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Difficulties: Protocol for a Multi-Informant Study

JMIR Research Protocols, 2022
BackgroundGrowing empirical evidence suggests that adolescents have a relatively greater propensity to develop problematic video gaming or gambling habits. ObjectiveThe main objectives of this study are to estimate the
Loredana Cena, Matteo Rota, Alice Trainini, Sara Zecca, Sofia Bonetti Zappa, Nella Tralli, Alberto Stefana   +6 more
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Impulsive action but not impulsive choice determines problem gambling severity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundImpulsivity is a hallmark of problem gambling. However, impulsivity is not a unitary construct and this study investigated the relationship between problem gambling severity and two facets of impulsivity: impulsive action (impaired ability to ...
Damien Brevers, Axel Cleeremans, Frederick Verbruggen, Antoine Bechara, Charles Kornreich, Paul Verbanck, Xavier Noël   +6 more
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