Attention deficit disorder and pathological gambling.
To examine the possibility that pathological gambling is related to the deficits in impulse control associated with attention deficit disorder, 14 pathological gamblers and 16 controls were administered questionnaires concerning their childhood behaviors. These self-reports indicated a strong correlation between pathological gambling and childhood behaviors related to attention deficit disorder.
Carlton
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854-5635.
Manowitz
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McBride
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Nora
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Swartzburg
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Goldstein
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D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005715:Gambling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires