National gambling experiences in the United States: will history repeat itself?
Year: 2012
Type: review
Abstract: AIMS: The aim of this paper is to offer an account of the history and current status of gambling research in the United States. METHODS: A review of the literature. RESULTS: Gambling has been a part of society in the United States since its early history. However, it was not until 1980 that the medical profession in the United States first recognized pathological gambling as a psychiatric disorder. Today, it is still rarely diagnosed or treated, and relatively little federal funding is available to support research in this area. With the upcoming fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, pathological gambling is likely to be included alongside substance use disorders as the first non-substance-related addictive disorder. This change may represent an opportunity to expand research on gambling and treatment of pathological gambling. CONCLUSIONS: We provide 10 suggestions for reducing societal and personal harm associated with this disorder.
Source: Addiction
Authors: Nancy M. Petry, Carlos Blanco
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1261137269, Lower-Cost Contingency Management in a Group Setting, Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments/Pathological Gambling, Healthy Activities for Prize Incentives (HAPI), G23598114, G315348489, Brief Therapies for Problem Gambling Substance Abusers, Group-Based Contingency Management/Outpatient Treatment, Psychotherapy Development Research Center, Training Therapists to Administer Contingency Management, Recovery Enhancement With Awards Enhancement With Awards Research Dissemination (, Etiology and Treatment of Alcohol Dependence, Reinforcing Exercise in Cocaine Abusers, G78909183, Prize CM for Cocaine Dependent Methadone Patients
OpenAlex ID: W1553871697