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Compulsive features in behavioural addictions: the case of pathological gambling.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) - 1 Oct 2012
el-Guebaly Nady, Mudry Tanya, Zohar Joseph, Tavares Hermano, Potenza Marc N
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AIMS: To describe, in the context of DSM-V, how a focus on addiction and compulsion is emerging in the consideration of pathological gambling (PG). METHODS: A systematic literature review of evidence for the proposed re-classification of PG as an addiction. RESULTS: Findings include: (i) phenomenological models of addiction highlighting a motivational shift from impulsivity to compulsivity associated with a...
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