{"id":212,"date":"2009-01-24T05:46:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T10:46:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-01-22T13:24:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:24:50","slug":"impulsivity-in-problem-gambling-a-common-marker-across-addictive-behaviours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/topics\/compulsive-gambling\/impulsivity-in-problem-gambling-a-common-marker-across-addictive-behaviours\/","title":{"rendered":"Impulsivity in Problem Gambling: a Common Marker across Addictive Behaviours?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Luke Clark<sup>1<\/sup><\/em>, Andrew J. Lawrence<sup>1<\/sup>, Barbara J. Sahakian<sup>2<\/sup>, Trevor W. Robbins<sup>1<\/sup>. <br \/>The 61st Annual Convention of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada, May 18th-20th, 2006<br \/>1. Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United  Kingdom<br \/> 2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong> Questionnaire data and neuropsychological assessment have indicated increased  impulsivity in various substance user populations, including stimulant, opiate, and alcohol  abusers. These deficits may represent a vulnerability marker for addiction or may occur as a  consequence of chronic drug exposure. Problem gambling has been described as a prototypical  \u2018drug free\u2019 addiction where the neurobiological consequences of addiction may be minimised.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Methods:<\/strong> We administered a neuropsychological and clinical assessment to a group of  community-recruited problem gamblers (n=15, all male, mean age 37, South Oaks Gambling  Screen?5, mean=12) and non-gambling controls (n=13). Clinical scales were used to assess  impulsivity (Barratt), adult ADHD and OCD characteristics, and alcohol and drug use. Two  neuropsychological measures of impulsivity were administered: the Stop Signal Task (SST) and  the Information Sampling Task (IST) (to assess pre-decisional \u2018reflection\u2019 impulsivity).<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Results:<\/strong> Preliminary analyses indicated significantly elevated Barratt impulsivity ratings in the  problem gamblers (p&lt;.0001) but no significant group differences on the neuropsychological tests.  The problem gamblers showed increased drug use relative to controls (DAST-10, p=.013), and  inflated scores on the Padua OCD scale (p=.016) and the ASRS adult ADHD scale (p=.001).<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Conclusions:<\/strong> Problem gamblers show increases in questionnaire impulsivity that are  qualitatively similar to deficits seen in substance users. However, problem gamblers appear to be  relatively intact on neuropsychological measures of inhibitory control. The problem gamblers also  showed increased drug use relative to controls, as well as elevated scores on OCD and adult  ADHD rating scales, suggesting that any underlying endophenotype may not be specific to  addiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Clark1, Andrew J. Lawrence1, Barbara J. Sahakian2, Trevor W. Robbins1. The 61st Annual Convention of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada, May 18th-20th, 20061. Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Background: Questionnaire data and neuropsychological assessment have indicated increased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compulsive-gambling","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3605,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions\/3605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetandpsychiatry.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}