A Psychometric Evaluation of the DSM-IV Pathological Gambling Diagnostic Criteria

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Zimmerman ◽  
Iwona Chelminski ◽  
Diane Young
2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisardo Becoña Iglesias

El juego patológico constituye un importante problema de salud mental en España y en otros países desarrollados. Se analizan los estudios de prevalencia en función de los criterios diagnósticos que se han utilizado hasta ahora para el juego patológico. Los estudios de prevalencia realizados en muestras representativas de la población basados en el DSM-III, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV y SOGS indicaban una prevalencia entre el 1.4 y el 1.7% en las muestras más representativas españolas, semejante a la de otros países. Los últimos estudios con instrumentos derivados del DSMIV, como el NODS, o versiones revisadas del SOGS indican un nivel de prevalencia menor para el juego patológico. Se analizan todos los estudios realizados en España con unos y otros instrumentos y su comparación con los resultados de otros países, especialmente en adultos junto a otros estudios realizados con niños y adolescentes. AbstractThe pathological gambling constitutes an important problem of mental health in Spain and in other developed countries. The prevalence studies are analyzed in function of the diagnostic criteria that have been used to assess the pathological gambling. The studies realized in the more representative samples of the general population in Spain based on the DSMIII, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV and SOGS indicated a prevalencia between the 1.4 and 1.7%, similar to that of other countries. The last studies with derivative instruments of the DSM-IV, as the NODS, or revised versions of the SOGS, indicate a level of smaller prevalencia for the pathological gambling. Finally, we discuss the results of the studies carried out in Spain with several instruments or criteria and their comparison with the results of other countries, especially in adults as in adolescents.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. S327-S328
Author(s):  
S. Jimenez-Murcia ◽  
R. Stinchfield ◽  
E. Alvarez-Moya ◽  
N. Jaurrieta ◽  
B. Bueno ◽  
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2007 ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine M. Grüsser ◽  
Babett Plöntzke ◽  
Ulrike Albrecht ◽  
Chantal Patricia Mörsen

Objective: Lottery gambling has enjoyed great popularity around the world for many years and is generally seen as a socially acceptable form of gambling. Apart from aspects such as effects on charities, pathological lottery gambling and its addictive nature have often been discussed recently but rarely investigated. Methods: In the present study lottery gambling was investigated with respect to criteria of pathological gambling and addiction using a standardized questionnaire on gambling behavior that also assesses diagnostic criteria of addiction according to the DSM-IV. Sample: 171 active lottery gambling subjects (40 females, 131 males) participated in the present study. Results: 15.2% of the subjects fulfilled the criteria of pathological lottery gambling. Pathological lottery gamblers differed significantly from nonpathological lottery gamblers concerning the diagnostic criteria for addiction. Conclusion: An extension of the diagnosis "pathological gambling" to "behavioral addiction" seems to be appropriate for excessive lottery gambling.


2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Jiménez-Murcia ◽  
R. Stinchfield ◽  
E. Álvarez-Moya ◽  
N. Jaurrieta ◽  
B. Bueno ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Robert Ladouceur ◽  
Stella Lachance

Chapter 1 presents an introduction to both pathological gambling and the treatment program described in this guide. It outlines the diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling according to the DSM-IV-TR, the concepts and steps of this treatment program, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and how the workbook will be used to support the treatment program.


1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 635-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisardo Becoña ◽  
María Del Carmen Lorenzo ◽  
María José Fuentes

A number of previous studies have indicated that pathological gambling is often associated with depression. Equally, a number of theoretical models of pathological gambling have included depression as a key variable. Here we report a study of depression in pathological gamblers identified within a random sample of 1,615 adults living in the major cities of Galicia (northwest Spain). Pathological gamblers were identified on DSM–IV diagnostic criteria. Depression was evaluated with the Beck Depression Inventory, subjects being classified ‘depressive’ if they obtained a score of 18 or more. Of 19 pathological gamblers who completed the Beck Depression Inventory, 21% were depressive; by contrast, only 9% of the other subjects were depressive. The Beck scores of pathological gamblers were positively correlated with the severity of their addiction as indicated by the number of DSM–IV-specified symptoms reported.


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