"Gambling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An activity distinguished primarily by an element of risk in trying to obtain a desired goal, e.g., playing a game of chance for money.
| Descriptor ID |
D005715
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.722.408 F03.250.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Gambling, Pathological- Gambling, Pathological
- Gamblings, Pathological
- Pathological Gamblings
- Gambling, Pathologic
- Pathological Gambling
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gambling" by people in Profiles.
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Shirk SD, Kelly MM, Kraus SW, Potenza MN, Pugh K, Waltrous C, Federman E, Krebs C, Drebing CE. Gambling-related cognitive distortions predict level of function among US veterans seeking treatment for gambling disorders. Am J Addict. 2018 03; 27(2):108-115.
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Selekman J. Gambling: normal adolescent activity or pathologic addiction? Pediatr Nurs. 2008 Jul-Aug; 34(4):325-8.
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Hollander E, Pallanti S, Baldini Rossi N, Sood E, Baker BR, Buchsbaum MS. Imaging monetary reward in pathological gamblers. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2005; 6(2):113-20.
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Hollander E, Sood E, Pallanti S, Baldini-Rossi N, Baker B. Pharmacological treatments of pathological gambling. J Gambl Stud. 2005; 21(1):99-110.
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Hollander E, Pallanti S, Allen A, Sood E, Baldini Rossi N. Does sustained-release lithium reduce impulsive gambling and affective instability versus placebo in pathological gamblers with bipolar spectrum disorders? Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Jan; 162(1):137-45.
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Sood ED, Pallanti S, Hollander E. Diagnosis and treatment of pathologic gambling. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2003 May; 5(1):9-15.
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Pallanti S, Baldini Rossi N, Sood E, Hollander E. Nefazodone treatment of pathological gambling: a prospective open-label controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2002 Nov; 63(11):1034-9.
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Pallanti S, Quercioli L, Sood E, Hollander E. Lithium and valproate treatment of pathological gambling: a randomized single-blind study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2002 Jul; 63(7):559-64.