Welte JW, Barnes GM, Tidwell MC, Hoffman JH. Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo. Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Mar;23(1):105-12. A random telephone survey was conducted with 2,274 United States residents aged 14 to 21. Analyses were performed to assess the relationship between the specific gambling games played and the extent […]
Goldstein AL, Walton MA, Cunningham RM, Resko SM, Duan L. Department of Psychology, York University. Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Mar;23(1):113-21. Correlates of past year gambling were examined in a diverse sample of 1128 youth ages 14 to 18 (54.1% female, 58.0% African American) presenting to an inner-city emergency department (ED). Overall, 22.5% of the sample […]
Hodgins DC, Ching LE, McEwen J. Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Mar;23(1):122-30. The purpose of the present study was to examine the mechanisms by which the motivational interview (MI) is an effective treatment for pathological gambling. Forty MIs with pathological gamblers were transcribed and coded for language content and strength of expression. As hypothesized, participants who […]
Gambling behavior and gambling problems in Norway 2007.Bakken IJ, Götestam KG, Gråwe RW, Wenzel HG, Oren A. SINTEF Health Research, Trondheim, Norway. Scand J Psychol. 2009 Mar 9. In Norway, legalized gambling is pervasive, easily accessible and socially accepted, particularly the participation in national lotteries. We conducted a stratified probability sample study during January-March 2007 […]
Possibly, when the clock is moved forward or back one hour, the body’s internal clock does not adjust. In a study of 55,000 people researchers from Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Germany, found that on days off from work, people tended to sleep on standard time, not daylight time.
Major depression affects approximately 10 million Americans or roughly 5% of the population and is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Similarly, alcohol problems, including at-risk drinking, alcohol abuse, and alcohol dependence, are highly prevalent. Patients with depression frequently have alcohol problems. Alcohol problems in depressed patients present diagnostic and management challenges […]
Papoff KM, Norris JE. University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. J Gambl Stud. 2009 Feb 27. Instant ticket purchase gambling (ITPG) is pervasive in Ontario and has features that mimic slot machine play. Previous researchers have reported that ITPG is one preferred activity for at-risk/problem gamblers. In the general Canadian population, rate of participation in […]
Xuan Z, Shaffer H. Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. J Gambl Stud. 2009 Feb 27. Objective: To examine behavioral patterns of actual Internet gamblers who experienced gambling-related problems and voluntarily closed their accounts. Design: A nested case-control design was used to compare gamblers who closed […]
Shin YC, Lim SW, Choi SW, Kim SW, Grant JE. Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. J Gambl Stud. 2009 Feb 27 PURPOSES: We investigated differences in temperament and character between early and late onset Korean pathological gamblers to identify whether the age of onset of pathological gambling […]
Camara E, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Münte TF. Department of Neuropsychology, University of Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany. Front Hum Neurosci. 2008;2:19. Controversial results have been reported concerning the neural mechanisms involved in the processing of rewards and punishments. On the one hand, there is evidence suggesting that monetary gains and losses activate a similar fronto-subcortical network. On the […]
