Pathological gambling and substance use disorders.
BACKGROUND
Pathological gambling (CPG) has been considered as a behavioral addiction having similarities with substance use disorders (SUDs).


OBJECTIVE
Current conceptualizations of addiction, as well as experimental studies of PG and SUDs, are reviewed in order to provide a perspective on tbe areas of convergence between addictive behaviors in PG and SUDs.


RESULTS
Shared features exist in diagnostic, clinical, physiological, and behavioral domains. CONCLUSIONS AND SCIELLTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Similarities between PG and SUDs have important implicatiol1s for categorizing, assessing, preventing and treating both PO and SUDs.
Wareham
Justin D
JD
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, 06519, USA.
Potenza
Marc N
MN
D015897:Comorbidity; D005715:Gambling / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics
D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents