title: [Pathological gambling: literature revue].
abstract: This paper summarizes the current literature on pathological gambling. Interest in gambling has been present in every society but treated as an object of sociopolitical or literary interest. It is only from the beginning of this century that psychiatry began to look at pathological gambling, first with Freud and his writing on Dostoïevsky then with other theories like the learning theory, studies on substance dependence, the links with affective syndromes and the psychobiological studies. These studies are presented and discussed. Finally, the authors offer some guidelines for an approach to a pathological gambler.
authors.affiliation: Département de psychiatrie, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Québec.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Filteau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baruch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vincent
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011336:Probability; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Le jeu pathologique: une revue de la littérature.