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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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Pathological Choice: The Neuroscience of Gambling and Gambling Addiction [PDF]

The Journal of Neuroscience, 2013
Gambling is pertinent to neuroscience research for at least two reasons. First, gambling is a naturalistic and pervasive example of risky decision making, and thus gambling games can provide a paradigm for the investigation of human choice behavior and “irrationality.” Second, excessive gambling involvement (i.e., pathological gambling) is currently ...
Clark, L., Averbeck, B., Payer, D., Sescousse, G.T., Winstanley, C.A., Xue, G.   +5 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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Pathological gambling: An overview

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2017
Gambling activities are popular as a form of recreation and have been a source of income for many people worldwide. Although gambling has been common across continents and time, and a subset of individuals experience problems with gambling.
Shalini Singh, Ganesh Kumar Mallaram, Siddharth Sarkar   +2 more
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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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Pathological gambling in women: a review [PDF]

Revista do Hospital das Clínicas, 2002
Pathological gambling was only recently recognized as a psychiatric disorder (DSM-III, APA, 1980). Most studies of pathological gambling include only male subjects. Despite the paucity of information, it is likely that at least one-third of pathological gamblers are women.
Martins, Silvia S., Lobo, Daniela S. S., Tavares, Hermano, Gentil, Valentim   +3 more
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Pathological gambling among students at the Joseph KI-ZERBO University in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: prevalence and associated factors

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Introduction: Pathological gambling, recognised as an addictive disorder, is increasingly affecting young people. Given the lack of data in Burkina Faso, this study explores its prevalence and associated factors among students at Joseph KI-ZERBO ...
Boubacar BAGUE, Zeinabou CISSE, Konsam Cédric Christel SAWADOGO, Zoulkarnéini Cheick ZAN, Mahamane Mobarak SALIFOU ABDOU, DOGA Azize, Kady Tissalogo, Kapouné KARFO   +7 more
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Dentro il casinò: quando il gioco si fa “malato” / Dans le casino : quand le jeu devient pathologie / Inside the casino: when the game becomes “pathological” [PDF]

Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza, 2011
The purpose of this contribution is to highlight similarities between the pure clinical conception of excessive gamblingand the “practical” side of it – though free from any specific theoretical knowledge – as witnessed by employees in thegambling field,
Molin Valentina
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