Impulsiveness in Alcohol Addiction and Pathological Gambling

Impulsiveness in Alcohol Addiction and Pathological Gambling

Correspondence to: Davor Bodor, md, Psychiatric hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Jankomir 11, 10090 Zagreb, Croatia, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2015 KBCSM, Zagreb e-mail: [email protected] • www.http//hrcak.srce.hr/acoholism Summary: Numerous conducted studies, as well as the daily clinical experience, proves the importance of the role that impulsiveness plays in the clinical cours...

Pathological choice: the neuroscience of gambling and gambling addiction.

Gambling is pertinent to neuroscience research for at least two reasons. First, gambling is a naturalistic and pervasive example of risky decision making, and thus gambling games can provide a paradigm for the investigation of human choice behavior and "irrationality." Second, excessive gambling involvement (i.e., pathological gambling) is currently conceptualized as a behavioral addiction, and...

Pathological Gambling and Alcohol Use Disorder

Problematic gambling is more common among people with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) (i.e., either alcohol abuse or dependence) compared with those without AUDs. This association holds true for people in the general population and is even more pronounced among people receiving treatment. No broadly accepted explanation for the link between problematic gambling and AUD currently exists. The availa...

14 Addiction and the Diagnostic Criteria for Pathological Gambling

Pathological gambling: focusing on the addiction, not the activity.