Gambling and suicidality in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 711-714

  Ledgerwood, David M ^a   Petry, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathological gambling; Suicide attempt; Suicide ideation; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RACE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 5444235866     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000142021.71880.ce     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Alessi SM, Petry NM (2003) Pathological gambling severity is associated with impulsivity in a delay discounting procedure. Behav Proc. 64:345-354.
2. Allcock CC, Grace DM (1988) Pathological gamblers are neither impulsive nor sensation-seekers. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 22:307-311.
3. Baumeister RF (1990) Suicide as escape from self. Psychol Rev. 97:90-113.
4. Bernstein EM, Putnam FW (1986) Development, reliability and validity of a dissociation scale. J Nerv Ment Dis. 174:727-735.
5. Blaszczynski A, Farrell E (1998) A case series of 44 completed gambling-related suicides. J Gambling Stud. 14:93-110.
6. Blaszczynski A, Nower L (2002) A pathways model of problem and pathological gambling. Addiction. 97:487-499.
7. Eysenck SBG, Eysenck HJ (1978) Impulsiveness and venturesomeness: Their position in a dimensional system of personality description. Psychol Rep. 43:1247-1255.
8. Eysenck SBG, McGurk BJ (1980) Impulsiveness and venturesomeness in a detention center population. Psychol Rep. 47:1299-1306.
9. Gerstein D, Murphy S, Toce M, Hoffmann J, Palmer A, Johnson R, et al. (1999) Gambling Impact and Behavior Study. Chicago: University of Chicago.
10. Gupta R, Derevensky JL (1998) An empirical examination of Jacobs' general theory of addictions: Do adolescent gamblers fit the theory? J Gambling Stud. 14:17-49.
11. Ibanez A, Mercade PV, Sanorma MNA, Cordero CP (1992) Clinical and behavioral evaluation of pathological gambling in Barcelona, Spain. J Gambling Stud. 8:299-310.
12. Jacobs DF (1988) Evidence for a common dissociative-like reaction among addicts. J Gambling Behav. 4:27-37.
13. Kausch O (2003) Suicide attempts among veterans seeking treatment for pathological gambling. J Clin Psychiatry. 64:1031-1038.
14. Kofoed L, Morgan TJ, Buchkoski J, Carr R (1997) Dissociative experiences scale and MMPI-2 scores in video poker gamblers, other gamblers and alcoholic controls. J Nerv Ment Dis. 185:58-60.
15. Leblond J, Ladouceur R, Blaszczynski A (2003) Which pathological gamblers will complete treatment? Br J Clin Psychol. 42:205-209.
16. Ledgerwood DM, Steinberg MA, Wu R, Potenza MN (In press) Self-reported gambling-related suicidality among gambling helpline callers. Psychol Addict Behav.
17. Lesieur HR (2001) Cluster Analysis of Types of Inpatienl Pathological Gamblers. Dissertation Abstracts International 62(4-B), 2065 (UMI no. 3011834).
18. McCleary R, Chew KSY, Merrill V, Napolitano C (2002) Does legalized gambling elevate the risk of suicide? An analysis of U.S. counties and metropolitan areas. Suicide Life Threat. 32:209-221.
19. McCormick RA, Russo AM, Ramirez LF, Taber JI (1984) Affective disorders among pathological gamblers seeking treatment. Am J Psychiatry. 141:215-218.
20. Newman SC, Thompson AH (2003) A population-based study of the association between pathological gambling and attempted suicide. Suicide Life Threat. 33:80-87.
21. Petry NM, Kiluk BD (2002) Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers. J Nerv Ment Dis. 190:462-469.
22. Phillips DP, Welty WR, Smith MM (1997) Elevated suicide levels associated with legalized gambling. Suicide Life Threat. 27:373-378.
23. Rosenthal R, Rosnow RL (1984) Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data Analysis. New York: McGraw-Hill.
24. Saxe GN, Chawla N, Van der Kolk B (2002) Self-destructive behavior in patients with dissociative disorders. Suicide Life Threat. 32:313-320.
25. Shneidman ES (1996) The Suicidal Mind. London: Oxford.
26. Simon TR, Swann AC, Powell KE, Potter LB, Kresnow M, O'Carroll P (2001) Characteristics of impulsive suicide attempts and attempters. Suicide Life Threat. 32:S49-S59.
27. Specker SM, Carlson GA, Edmonson KM, Johnson PE (1996) Psychopathology in pathological gamblers seeking treatment. J Gambling Stud. 12:67-81.
28. Steel Z, Blaszczynski A (1998) Impulsivity, personality disorders and pathological gambling severity. Addiction. 93:895-905.
29. Sullivan S (1994) Why compulsive gamblers are a high suicide risk. Commun Ment Health N Z. 8:40-47.
30. Van Ijzendoorn MH, Schuengel C (1996) The measurement of dissociation in normal and clinical populations: Meta-analytic validation of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES). Clin Psychol Rev. 16:365-382.