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This digital document is a journal article from Addictive Behaviors, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The aim of this study was to ascertain the possible differences in personality, psychopathology, and response to treatment in pathological gambling according to age. The sample, comprising 67 participants, was divided into three groups: 32.6% with ages ranging between 17 and 26 years, 31.3% between 27 and 43 years, and 35.8% over 44 years of age. The participants were administered the following tests, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory [MMPI; Hathaway, S.R. & McKinley, J.C. (1943, 1961). Cuestionario de personalidad MMPI. Madrid Seccion de Estudios de TEA ed. 1970, 1975], sensation-seeking questionnaire [SSS; Zuckerman, M. (1979). Sensation seeking; beyond the optimal level of arousal. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates], and the Symptom Check List Revised [SCL-90-R; Derogatis, L.R. (1977). Symptom check list-90 revised. Administration scoring and procedures manual. Baltimore]. All underwent a group treatment programme that was carried out in the Pathological Gambling Unit at Ciutat Sanitaria i Universitaria de Bellvitge (CSUB), Teaching hospital, Barcelona, Spain. The findings show differences depending on age in the participants' personality and in psychopathology and in their response to treatment. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Addictive Behaviors, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Seventy-eight female and 78 male pathological gamblers admitted to an outpatient treatment program were compared regarding a profile of risk-taking behaviors (suicide attempts, illegal activities meant to finance gambling, sexual risky behavior, and alcohol abuse). The Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale version 11 (BIS-11), and an adaptation of the HIV Risk Behavior Scale were used. Females attempted more suicide than males. Men had more sexual risky behavior and alcohol abuse than women. Younger age and depression were risk factors for suicide attempts, younger age and impulsivity were risk factors for illegal activities. Younger age was a risk factor for sexual risky behavior, and no risk factor other than male gender was found for alcohol abuse. Future investigation of risk behaviors among gamblers must take into account the differences in gender and age. Both impulsivity and emotional distress are related to risk-taking in gamblers, and young gamblers who early in life display other potentially harmful behaviors require special attention. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Addictive Behaviors, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The National Opinion Research Center DSM Screen for Gambling Problems (NODS), a population-based telephone-screening tool to identify gambling problems according to DSM-IV criteria, was examined as a potential outcome measure for gambling treatment studies. The NODS was administered to problem gamblers as part of a 1-year follow-up after a brief treatment. Internal reliability was fair to good and the factor structure and item-total correlations supported the existence of a single construct with three subfactors, measuring negative behavioral consequences, preoccupation and impaired control over gambling and tolerance, and withdrawal and relief gambling. The NODS total score correlated moderately with gambling behavior and outcome as predicted. The total score also correlated highly with the total score of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) although the NODS and SOGS categorization of nonproblem, problem, and pathological gamblers showed poor agreement. The NODS, as designed, provided a more strict definition of disordered gambling than the SOGS. In summary, the NODS shows promise as an outcome measure of gambling problems. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Cognitive Brain Research, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Decision making deficits play an important role in the definition of pathological gambling (PG). However, only few empirical studies are available regarding decision making processes in PG. This study therefore compares decision making processes in PG and normal controls in detail using three decision making tasks examining general performance levels on these tasks as well as feedback processing using reaction time analyses. To investigate the specificity of decision making deficits in PG, a substance dependence group (alcohol dependence; AD) and an impulse control disordered group (Tourette syndrome; TS) were included. The PG group (n = 48), AD group (n = 46), TS group (n = 47), and a normal control (NC) group (n = 49) were administered (1) the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), an ecologically valid gambling task; (2) the Card Playing Task, a task measuring perseveration for reward; and (3) a Go/No-Go discrimination task, a task measuring reward and response cost sensitivity. The PG group showed a diminished performance on all tasks and deficient feedback processing as compared to the NC group on the IGT and the Card Playing Task. In general, performance measures were not associated with levels of comorbidity or with self-reported motivational measures. For the larger part, deficiencies in decision making processes in the PG group were also present in the AD group, but not in the TS group. Subgroup analyses revealed larger decision making deficits in pathological slot machine gamblers than in pathological casino gamblers. Deficits in decision making and feedback processing in PG should be addressed in treatment and incorporated more explicitly in theoretical models of PG. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 658 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pathological gambling differs in females, teens.(Mental Health)
Author: Jeff Evans
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 34Issue: 19Page: 39(1)

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This digital document is a journal article from Clinical Psychology Review, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The study of pathological gambling and its treatment is in a nascent stage. To date, no consistent definition of relapse to gambling exists, and only a few empirical studies have evaluated the phenomenon of relapse directly in this patient population. Perspectives on relapse to drug and alcohol use appear relevant to the study of pathological gambling, and relapse to gambling is reviewed within the larger context of addictive disorders. The application of psychological, biological, environmental, and treatment factors are described as they may relate to relapse among pathological gamblers. ... Read more

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The “Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders” is a comprehensive two-volume set providing detailed information on mental disorders and conditions, in an easy-to-use format. It includes entries for all 150 disorders classified in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” and also features entries for prescription, alternative and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders.

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 6079 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Neuropsychological performance, impulsivity, and comorbid psychiatric illness in patients with pathological gambling undergoing treatment at the CORE inpatient treatment center.(Original Article)
Author: James C., II Patterson
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
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Volume: 99Issue: 1Page: 36(8)

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This digital document is an article from Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, published by Nursecom, Inc. on April 1, 1998. The length of the article is 5655 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: "Pathological" gambling may resemble a socially constructed disorder rather than a medical diagnosis in many treatment centers. A study of 12 subjects being treated for "pathological" gambling found that none of the them fit the medical diagnosis of "pathological" gambler. The model may serve clients interpersonally and clinicians occupationally.

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Title: The reification of the 'pathological' gambler: an analysis of gambling treatment and the application of the medical model to problem gambling.
Author: Raymond L. Wedgeworth
Publication: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1998
Publisher: Nursecom, Inc.
Volume: v34Issue: n2Page: p5(9)

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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by International Medical News Group on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 613 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Risk reduction helps tame teen gambling: adolescents with pathological gambling problems may have comorbid psychiatric conditions.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
Author: Heidi Splete
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 33Issue: 6Page: 32(1)

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This digital document is an article from Business Perspectives, published by University of Memphis on June 22, 1999. The length of the article is 2386 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The effects of pathological gambling on family and society are varied since the behavior disrupts personal, family or vocational pursuits. Adverse life events such as higher divorce rates, excessive debt, employment termination, alcoholism, drug dependence and bankruptcy have been known to result from pathological gambling. To address this problem, the University of Memphis' Center for Problem Gambling is involved in the research and the treatment of pathological gambling.

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Title: Gambling: when it is not a game anymore.(Tunica and Gaming)(pathological gambling)
Author: Jeremiah Weinstock
Publication: Business Perspectives (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1999
Publisher: University of Memphis
Volume: 11Issue: 4Page: 18(5)

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This article covers Gambling, pathological: Preoccupation with gambling and uncontrollable impulse to gamble, regardless of the problems caused in daily life.

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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1547 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Have you treated patients with gambling problems that would be considered pathological? what medications have you used to help these patients manage their problems?(FINK! STILL AT LARGE)
Author: Paul J. Fink
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
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Volume: 35Issue: 2Page: 22(1)

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