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Recovery in pathological gambling: an imprecise concept.

Lia Nower¹, Alex Blaszczynski

¹Centre for Gambling Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Substance Use & Misuse

|November 19, 2008

Summary

Pathological gambling, an impulse control disorder, shares diagnostic parallels with substance use disorders. Clearer conceptualization of recovery is needed to assess treatment effectiveness for gambling pathology.

Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Behavioral Science
Addiction Research

Background:

Pathological gambling is an impulse control disorder with diagnostic criteria similar to substance use disorders.
Biopsychosocial models attempt to explain the complex nature of gambling pathology.
Current definitions of recovery from gambling disorder lack clarity and consistency.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the need for conceptual clarity in defining recovery from pathological gambling.
To propose a spectrum for measuring recovery in gambling disorder.
To improve the evaluation of treatment efficacy for gambling pathology.

Main Methods:

Literature review of conceptual models for pathological gambling.
Analysis of diagnostic criteria and treatment approaches.

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Diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling overlap with substance use disorders.
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Clearer conceptualization of recovery is essential for evaluating interventions for pathological gambling.
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