Gambling addiction: an overview of conceptual, neurobiological and clinical aspects

Article Article professionnel Article Gambling addiction: an overview of conceptual, neurobiological and clinical aspects eng 2017 author Achab Sophia 0000-0002-3861-3297 712947 author Pouliou Georgia 844965 author Zullino Daniele Fabio 649976 1437-062X A non-problematic gambler: gambles for pleasure, according to his/her financial status, accepts to lose money bet, and never gambles to chase losses. ― Specific features to Gambling Disorder (GD) are gambler's fallacy and other cognitive biases applied to random conditions related to money incentives, such as chasing, illusion of control and near miss effect. ― Problem gamblers rarely seek treatment despite of negative consequences and suffering, assessment in primary care settings is accordingly of major importance. ― Treatment of GD consists principally in psychotherapy targeting gambler's fallacies and in debt management. Gambling Treatment Cognitive bias Dewey 616.89 CME 60 Département de psychiatrie 225 false 496 Abus de substances 834 InFo NEUROLOGIE & PSYCHIATRIE 15 6 9e6f9214-c665-49f8-a918-0ce8eec241a4 Article (Published version) Restricted GAmblingaddiction-Achabetal2017-CME.pdf 281039 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie

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