Pathological gambling: a behavioral addiction

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...

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...

14 Addiction and the Diagnostic Criteria for Pathological Gambling

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

Disordered gambling: the evolving concept of behavioral addiction

The reclassification of gambling disorder within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) addictions category marks an important step for addiction science. The similarities between gambling disorder and the substance use disorders have been well documented. As gambling is unlikely to exert actively damaging effects on the brain, the cognitive sequelae of...