Impact of alcohol consumption on clinical aspects of gambling disorder |
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| Authors: | Amparo del Pino‐Gutiérrez PhD Fernando Fernández‐Aranda PhD Roser Granero PhD Salomé Tárrega PhD Ana Valdepérez MsC Zaida Agüera PhD Anders Håkansson MD PhD Anne Sauvaget MD PhD Neus Aymamí PhD Mónica Gómez‐Peña PhD Laura Moragas PhD Marta Baño MsC María Honrubia MsC José M. Menchón MD PhD Susana Jiménez‐Murcia PhD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Nursing Department of Mental Health, Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, The Nursing School of the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;2. Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital‐IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain;3. CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn), Institute of Health Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain;4. Departament of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain;5. Department of Psychobiology and Methodology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain;6. Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain;7. Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;8. Addictology and Psychiatry Department, Nantes University Hospital, France;9. CIBER Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Institute of Health Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Similarities between gambling disorder and substance use disorders have been extensively described. To date, however, few studies using large clinical samples have been carried out that reliably assess the relationship between different levels of alcohol consumption and gambling disorders. The present study aimed to assess the impact of baseline alcohol consumption levels on the clinical profile in a large sample of treatment‐seeking individuals. Nine hundred and fifty‐one consecutive outpatients diagnosed with gambling disorder according to DSM‐IV criteria were compared after being included in three alcohol consumption groups (low risk, abuse and risk of dependence) based on their total raw scores on the AUDIT questionnaire. Results showed a high prevalence of risk of alcohol dependence in GD patients who were immigrants, unemployed, and had a low level of education. A positive linear trend was also found between alcohol consumption level and the prevalence of other current and life‐time comorbid mental disorders, and for the presence of drug abuse. Statistically significant differences were found between the three alcohol consumption groups in terms of the evolution and severity of the gambling disorder, self‐directedness personality trait, and levels of general psychopathology, hostility and paranoid ideation. In conclusion, the results showed an association between increased alcohol consumption and greater dysfunction. |
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| Keywords: | addictive behavior alcohol consumption at‐risk drinking gambling disorder personality |
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