The Bergen Clinics Foundation, Vestre Torggate 11, Bergen, Norway.
J Gambl Stud. 2013 Mar;29(1):37-50. doi: 10.1007/s10899-011-9287-4.
Changes in demographical and clinical features of treatment-seeking pathological gamblers, and their gambling preferences before and after the ban of slot machines in Norway from 1 July 2007. Is there an emergence of a new group of gamblers seeking treatment after the ban? The participants were 99 patients, 16 women and 83 men, with the mean age of 35 years. All were referred to the Bergen Clinics Foundation, Norway, for treatment of gambling addiction in the period October 2006 to October 2009. A comprehensive assessment package was applied, focusing on demographical characteristics, the severity of pathological gambling, mental health and substance use disorder. After the ban the mean age was significantly lower, and significantly more were highly educated, in regular employment, and married. Internet gambling and a sport betting game called Odds were the most common options, and gambling problems had become more severe with greater depth due to gambling, bad conscious, heavy alcohol consumption, and more suicidal thoughts and attempts. After the ban of slot machines, the characteristics of treatment-seeking gamblers have been changed, and with great implications for treatment strategies.
挪威自 2007 年 7 月 1 日起禁止老虎机后，寻求治疗的病理性赌徒的人口统计学和临床特征及其赌博偏好发生了变化。在禁令实施后，是否出现了寻求治疗的新赌徒群体？
参与者为 99 名患者，其中 16 名女性和 83 名男性，平均年龄为 35 岁。他们均因赌博成瘾于 2006 年 10 月至 2009 年 10 月期间被转诊到挪威卑尔根诊所基金会接受治疗。应用了全面的评估方案，重点关注人口统计学特征、病理性赌博的严重程度、心理健康和物质使用障碍。
禁令实施后，平均年龄明显降低，受教育程度较高、有固定工作和已婚的患者明显增多。网络赌博和一种名为 Odds 的博彩游戏是最常见的选择，而且由于赌博、不良意识、大量饮酒以及更多的自杀念头和企图，赌博问题变得更加严重，涉及的金额也更大。
自老虎机禁令实施后，寻求治疗的赌徒的特征发生了变化，这对治疗策略有重大影响。
