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Masochism and pathological gambling.

Richard J Rosenthal1

  • 1Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director, UCLA Gambling Studies Program, University of California, Los Angeles; Associate Faculty, New Center for Psychoanalysis.

Psychodynamic Psychiatry
|March 4, 2015
PubMed
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Not all pathological gamblers wish to lose. A clinically significant subgroup exhibits masochistic traits, deliberately seeking pain and loss. Understanding masochism is crucial for treating pathological gambling.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • The concept of pathological gamblers having an "unconscious wish to lose" is challenged.
  • Masochism is often neglected in the context of pathological gambling.
  • Masochism involves the deliberate seeking of pain, loss, suffering, or humiliation, potentially for control or pleasure.