Matthew X Lowe, Hannes Kettner, Del R P Jolly, Robin L Carhart-Harris, Heather Jackson
Long-term benefits to psychological health and well-being after ceremonial use of Ayahuasca in Middle Eastern and North African immigrants and refugees
Frontiers in psychiatry
gambling disorder addiction cause major suffering populations seem vulnerable others offender populations remarkably high prevalence gambling problems also overrepresented number diagnoses related gambling disorder like substance use disorders antisocial personality disorder yet studies investigating gambling disorder prevalence related psychiatric comorbidity group study aims investigate prevalence association gambling disorder psychiatric diagnoses sample young male violent offenders two hundred sixtyfour male offenders serving sentences violent crimes recruited 2010 2012 participated study went comprehensive psychiatric evaluation including assessment diagnostic statistical manual mental disorders 4th edition criteria sixteen percent participants met criteria gambling disorder antisocial personality disorder cannabis cocaine anabolic steroids abuse significantly common among participants gambling disorder gambling disorder group also showed significantly lower educational attainment cocaine abuse failure graduate elementary middle school expected time independently associated gambling disorder regression analysis study confirms previously described high prevalence gambling disorder offenders psychiatric comorbidity high problems started early lower educational attainment gambling disorder group findings stress importance increased awareness gambling problems among convicted offenders gambling research young people delinquent behavior need research investigate order develop preventive strategies treatment