Pathological Gambling
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Oral malodor is a serious problem that makes subjects who suffer from it subjected to adverse health and embarrassing consequences. Oral malodor may lead to significant personal discomfort and social embarrassment. The aim of this article... more
This article describes the development of the Massachusetts Gambling Screen (MAGS). The purpose of the MAGS is to provide a brief clinical screening instrument that can (1) yield an index of non-pathological and pathological gambling... more
Around the world, in high- and low-income countries alike, mental illness and high-risk behaviors contribute to profound suffering and loss at the level of the individual and the state. In the case of China as in other developing... more
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of behavioral and cognitive treatment approaches in the management of pathological gambling disorders. Disappointingly, the literature to date contains only one controlled outcome study... more
This study evaluated the efficacy of a group cognitive treatment for pathological gambling. Gamblers, meeting DSM-IV criteria for pathological gambling, were randomly assigned to treatment (N=34) or wait-list control (N=24) conditions.... more
Resumen: El juego patológico es un trastorno psicológico que afecta enormemente al entorno familiar del sujeto adicto y en particular a la relación matrimonial. En el presente artículo se exponen los resultados de un estudio que relaciona... more
Gambling behavior is pervasive, apparently growing, and of methodological and substantive interest to economists. We examine the manner in which the population prevalence of disordered gambling has been estimated. General population... more
This analysis of gambling habits of Canadian university students (ages 18-25) dovetails two recent developments in the field of gambling studies. First, the popularity of Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to identify heterogeneous classes of... more
This paper reports on the development and psychometric properties of a Gambling Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (GRSEQ). Two hundred and ninety-seven gamblers from both normal and clinical populations completed an initial set of... more
A psychodynamic approach emphasizes the meaning and consequences of one's behavior. After a brief review of the literature, the authors present the first of a two-part model for psychodynamic psychotherapy with pathological... more
The aim of this study was to measure the reliability, validity, and classification accuracy of a Spanish translation of a measure of DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Pathological Gambling (PG). Participants were 263 male and 23 female... more
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Rauvolfia serpentina L. Benth. ex Kurz. (Apocynaceae) commonly called as sarpgandha is an important medicinal plant, mainly known for its various phytochemicals. Microbial pathogens develop resistance to antibiotics after repeated... more
Pathological gambling disorder and problem gambling are addictive disorders with severe consequences for individuals, families, and society. Knowledge about associations between childhood adverse experiences (i.e., physical, sexual, and... more