Psychiatric comorbidity in pathological gambling: A critical review

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Crockford, David Neil ^a,b   El Guebaly, Nady ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Pathological gambling; Psychiatric disorders; Review

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031937189     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379804300104     Document Type: Review

References (67)

1. Volberg RA, Steadman HJ. Refining prevalence estimates of pathological gambling. Am J Psychiatry 1988;145:502-5.
2. Volberg RA, Steadman HJ. Prevalence estimates of pathological gambling in New Jersey and Maryland. Am J Psychiatry 1989;146:1618-19.
3. Ladouceur R. Prevalence estimates of pathological gambling in Quebec. Can J Psychiatry 1991;36:732-4.
4. Legarda JJ, Babio R, Abreu JM. Prevalence estimates of pathological gambling in Seville (Spain). British Journal of Addiction 1992;87:767-70.
5. Filteau MJ, Baruch P, Vincent P. Le jeu pathologique: une revue de la littérature. Can J Psychiatry 1992;37:84-90.
6. Lesieur HR, Rosenthal RJ. Pathological gambling: a review of the literature. Prepared for the American Psychiatric Association task force on DSM-IV committee on disorders of impulse control not elsewhere classified. Journal of Gambling Studies 1991;7:5-39.
7. Lesieur HR, Blume SB. The South Oaks gambling screen (SOGS): a new instrument for the identification of pathological gamblers Am J Psychiatry 1987;144:1184-8.
8. Murray JB. Review of research on pathological gambling. Psychol Rep 1993;72:791-810.
9. McElroy SL, Hudson JI, Pope Jr HG, Keck Jr PE, Aizley HG, The DSM-III-R impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified: clinical characteristics and relationship to other psychiatric disorders. Am J Psychiatry 1992; 149:318-27.
10. Levy M, Feinberg M. Psychopathology and pathological gambling among males: theoretical and clinical concerns. Journal of Gambling Studies 1991;7:41-53.
11. el-Guebaly N. Substance use disorders and mental illness: the relevance of comorbidity [editorial]. Can J Psychiatry l995;40:2-3.
12. Smart RG, Ferris J. Alcohol, drugs and gambling in the Ontario adult population, 1994. Can J Psychiatry 1996;41:36-45.
13. Spunt B, Lesieur H, Hum D, Cahill L. Gambling among methadone patients. The International Journal of the Addictions 1995,30:929-62.
14. Ramirez LF, McCormick RA, Russo AM, Taber JI. Patterns of substance abuse in pathological gamblers undergoing treatment. Addict Behav 1983;8:425-8.
15. McCormick RA, Russo AM, Ramirez LF, Taber JI. Affective disorders among pathological gamblers seeking treatment. Am J Psychiatry 1984;141:215-8.
16. Roy A, Ardinoff B, Roehrich L, Lamparski D, Custer R, Lorenz V, and others. Pathological gambling: a psychobiological study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1988;45:369-73.
17. Bland RC, Newman SC, Orn H, Stebelsky G. Epidemiology of pathological gambling in Edmonton. Can J Psychiatry 1993;38:108-12.
18. Dell LJ, Ruzicka MF, Palisi AT. Personality and other factors associated with the gambling addiction. The International Journal of the Addictions 1981;16:149-56.
19. Lesieur HR, Blume SB, Zoppa RM. Alcoholism, drug abuse, and gambling. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1986;10:33-8
20. Lesieur HR, Heineman M, Pathological gambling among youthful multiple substance abusers in a therapeutic community. British Journal of Addiction 1988;83:765-71.
21. Lesieur HR, Blume SB. Characteristics of pathological gamblers identified among patients on a psychiatric admissions service. Hospital and Community Psychiatry 1990;41:1009-12.
22. McCormick RA. Disinhibition and negative affectivity in substance abusers with and without a gambling problem. Addict Behav 1993;18:331-6.
23. Elia C, Jacobs DF. The incidence of pathological gambling among Native Americans treated for alcohol dependence. The International Journal of the Addictions 1993;28:659-66.
24. Linden MD, Pope Jr HG, Jonas JM. Pathological gambling and major affective disorder: preliminary findings. J Clin Psychiatry 1986;47:201-3.
25. Hewitt D, Hodgson M, Belleau D, Butcher P, Giroux G, Jacobs H, and others. Spirit of bingoland: a study of problem gambling among Alberta native people. Edmonton (AB): Nechi Training and Research and Health Promotions institute; 1994.
26. Adler N, Goleman D. Gambling and alcoholism: symptom substitution and functional equivalents. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol 1969;30:733-6.
27. Lesieur HR, Blume SB. Evaluation of patients treated for pathological gambling in a combined alcohol, substance abuse and pathological gambling treatment unit using the addiction severity index. British Journal of Addiction 1991;86:1017-28.
28. Moran E. Varieties of pathological gambling. Br J Psychiatry 1970;116:593-7.
29. Niederland WG. Compulsive gambling and the "Survivor Syndrome" [letter]. Am J Psychiatry 1984;141:1013.
30. Bishay NR. Three different forms of depression in one family [letter]. Br J Psychiatry 1979;134:126.
31. Moravec JD, Munley PH. Psychological test findings on pathological gamblers in treatment. International Journal of Addiction 1983;18:1003-9.
32. Taber JI, McCormick RA, Ramirez LF. The prevalence and impact of major life Stressors among pathological gamblers. The International Journal of the Addictions 1987;22:71-9.
33. Roy A, Custer R, Lorenz V, Linnoila M. Depressed pathological gamblers. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1988;77:163-5.
34. Blaszczynski A, McConaghy N. Anxiety and/or depression in the pathogenesis of addictive gambling. The International Journal of the Addictions 1989;24:337-50.
35. Carlton PL, Manowitz P, McBride H, Nora R, Swartzburg M, Goldstein L. Attention deficit disorder and pathological gambling. J Clin Psychiatry 1987;48:487-8.
36. Sullivan S, Abbott M, McAvoy B, Arroli B. Pathological gamblers: will they use a new telephone hotline? N Z Med J 1994;107:313-5.
37. Ladouceur R, Dube D, Bujold A. Prevalence of pathological gambling and related problems among college students in the Quebec metropolitan area. Can J Psychiatry 1994;39:289-93.
38. Winokur G, Clayton PJ, Reich T. Manic depressive illness. St Louis (MO): CV Mosby; 1969.
39. Russo AM, Taber JI, McCormick RA, Ramirez LF. An outcome study of an inpatient treatment program for pathological gamblers. Hospital and Community Psychiatry 1984;35:823-7.
40. Taber JI, McCormick RA, Russo AM, Adkins BJ, Ramirez LF. Follow-up of pathological gamblers after treatment. Am J Psychiatry 1987;144:757-61.
41. Nunes EV, Goehl L, Seracini A, Deliyannides D, Donovan S, Koenig T, and others. A modification of the structured clinical interview for DSM-III-R to evaluate methadone patients. American Journal on Addictions 1996;5:241-8.
42. Blanco C, Orensanz-Munoz L, Blanco-Jerez C, Saiz-Ruiz J. Pathological gambling and platelet MAO activity: a psychobiological study. Am J Psychiatry 1996; 153:119-21.
43. Ramirez LF, McCormick RA, Lowry MT. Plasma cortisol and depression in pathological gamblers. Br J Psychiatry 1988;153:684-6.
44. Thorson JA, Powell EC, Hilt M, Epidemiology of gambling and depression in an adult sample. Psychol Rep 1994;74:987-94.
45. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th ed. Washington (DC): American Psychiatric Association; 1994.
46. Schuckit MA, Hesselbrock V. Alcohol dependence and anxiety disorders: what is the relationship? Am J Psychiatry 1994;151:1723-34.
47. Black DW, Goldstein RB, Noyes Jr R, Blum N. Compulsive behaviors and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): lack of a relationship between OCD, eating disorders, and gambling. Compr Psychiatry 1994;35:145-8.
48. Lesieur HR. The chase: career of the compulsive gambler. Garden City (NY): Anchor Press/Doubleday; 1977.
49. King R. Gambling and organized crime. Washington (DC): Public Affairs Press; 1969.
50. Lesieur HR. Gambling, pathological gambling and crime. In: Galski T. The handbook of pathological gambling. Springfield (IL): Charles C Thomas; 1987. p 89-110.
51. Rosenthal RJ, Lorenz VC. The pathological gambler as criminal offender: comments on evaluation and treatment. Psychiatr Clin North Am 1992;15:647-60.
52. Templer DI, Kaiser G, Siscoe K. Correlates of pathological gambling in prison inmates. Compr Psychiatry 1993;34:347-51.
53. Blaszczynski A, McConaghy N, Frankova A. Crime, antisocial personality and pathological gambling. Journal of Gambling Behavior 1989;5:137-52.
54. Rounsaville BJ, Kosten TR, Weissman MM, Kleber HD. Prognostic significance of psychopathology in treated opiod addicts: a 2.5 year follow-up study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1986;43:739-45.
55. Livingston J. Compulsive gamblers: observations on action and abstinence. New York: Harper Torchbooks; 1974.
56. Taber JI, Russo AM, Adkins BJ, McCormick RA. Ego strength and achievement motivation in pathological gamblers. Journal of Gambling Behavior 1986;2:69-80.
57. Carlton PL, Goldstein L. Physiological determinants of pathological gambling. In: Galski T. A handbook of pathological gambling. Springfield (IL): Charles C Thomas; 1987. p 111-22.
58. Goldstein L, Manowitz P, Nora R, Swartzburg M, Carlton PL. Differential EEG activation and pathological gambling. Biol Psychiatry 1985;20:1232-4.
59. Carlton PL, Manowitz P. Behavioural restraint and symptoms of attention deficit disorder in alcoholics and pathological gamblers. Neuropsychobiology 1992;25:44-8.
60. Rugle L, Melamed L. Neuropsychological assessment of attention problems in pathological gamblers. J Nerv Ment Dis 1993;181:107-12.
61. Lesieur HR, Blume SB. Pathological gambling, eating disorders, and the psychoactive substance use disorders. J Addict Dis 1993;12:89-102.
62. Jacobs DF. Evidence for a common dissociative-like reaction among addicts. Journal of Gambling Behaviour 1988:4:27-37.
63. Hodgins D, Pennington M, el-Guebaly N, Dufor M. Correlates of dissociative symptoms in substance abusers. J Nerv Ment Dis 1996;184:636-9.
64. Anderson G, Brown RI. Real and laboratory gambling, sensation-seeking, and arousal. Br J Psychol 1984;75:401-10.
65. Wray I, Dickerson MG. Cessation of high frequency gambling and "withdrawal symptoms." British Journal of Addiction 1981;76:401-5.
66. Legg England S, Gotestam KG. The nature and treatment of excessive gambling. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1991;84:113-20.
67. Mark ME, Lesieur HR. A feminist critique of problem gambling research. British Journal of Addiction 1992;87:549-65.