Ludomania: avaliação transcultural do jogo de azar por dinheiro e seu tratamento

Abstract

Pathological gambling is a disorder of impulse control that is gaining more and more attention. This paper reviews diagnostic criteria and screening instruments for pathological gambling, as well as the prevalence rates of this disorder worldwide, with an emphasis on gambling in Brazil. Treatments for pathological gambling are also described, including both psychosocial and pharmacological approaches. Pathological gambling is highly comorbid with other psychiatric disorders, including substance abuse and depression, and few pathological gamblers seek treatment for their gambling problems. Therefore, direct screening for gambling problems is recommended. Increasing education about the disorder, from both the provider and societal perspective, is necessary to reduce the personal and societal consequences of this disorder.

Gambling in Brazil: a call for an open debate

“…Thus, the numbers found were quite similar to gambling prevalence rates reported elsewhere [12]. Analysis of self-reported expenditures found that maximum monthly gambling expenditure corresponded to 5.4% of the household income for social gamblers, 16.9% for problem gamblers and 20.0% for pathological gamblers.…”

Gambling Disorder Due to Brazilian Animal Game (“Jogo do bicho”): Gambling Behavior and Psychopathology

“…These findings raise the issue of how education might affect the efficacy of psychological treatments for GD due to BAG. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is probably the treatment with the best evidence based treatment GD (Weinstock et al 2008; Okuda et al, 2009; Cowlishaw et al, 2012) and lower education level may decrease its effectiveness (Thorn et al, 2011). Adaptations in traditional CBT might turn it more efficient for that population (Thorn et al, 2011).…”

O impacto de um programa de atividade física no tratamento de jogadores patológicos

“…O jogo patológico (JP) se caracteriza pela perda do controle de apostar em jogos de azar e pelo comportamento persistente apesar dos prejuízos causados por esta atividade. É considerado um modelo de dependência comportamental e seus critérios diagnósticos foram inspirados nos critérios para dependência de substâncias (Weinstock et al, 2008).…”