Lahti Tuuli, Halme Jukka, Pankakoski Maiju, Sinclair David, Alho Hannu
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, P.O.Box 30, 00271 Helsinki, Finland ; Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, Division of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2013 Jun;11(3):307-314. doi: 10.1007/s11469-012-9411-4.
This article describes the socio-demographic characteristics and gambling behavior of 39 pathological gamblers who participated in our treatment study in 2009. The inclusion criteria of the study were: score of five or more on both the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) and a pathological gambling screen based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). The first 39 patients meeting the inclusion criterion were recruited into the study. The average age of the subjects was 39 years, and 80 % were males. The lag-time between active gambling (at least three times per week) and the onset of a pathological gambling problem was short: within 2 years of active gambling, 62 % of the subjects reported having become pathological gamblers. Our results also indicated certain gender-specific differences in the age at initiation and in the severity of the gambling problem.
本文描述了39名病态赌徒的社会人口学特征及赌博行为，这些赌徒于2009年参与了我们的治疗研究。该研究的纳入标准为：在南橡树赌博筛查量表（SOGS）以及基于《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》（DSM-IV）的病态赌博筛查中得分均为5分或以上。首批39名符合纳入标准的患者被招募进该研究。受试者的平均年龄为39岁，80%为男性。频繁赌博（每周至少三次）与病态赌博问题发作之间的间隔时间较短：在频繁赌博两年内，62%的受试者报告称已成为病态赌徒。我们的研究结果还表明，在开始赌博的年龄以及赌博问题的严重程度方面存在某些性别差异。
