Therapiezentrum Münzesheim Kraichtal, Germany.
J Gambl Stud. 1992 Mar;8(1):93-109. doi: 10.1007/BF01881471.
Pathological gambling is viewed as a disease of unknown cause which requires treatment. Demographic and psychological traits of fifty-eight male patients are described. A control group of fifty-four patients with other addictions was used to determine the validity of a diagnostic test which aims to differentiate between harmless gambling behavior and addiction to gambling. This test is described along with the stages of pathological gambling and the process of treatment for the disorder. Most of the gamblers are young, often previously convicted of theft, highly indebted, in danger of committing suicide, and susceptible to other addictive substances, especially alcohol. Harmless, critical and chronic stages are described. Regarding in-patient treatment, it has proved to be useful to integrate individual members into groups of alcoholics as they are a therapeutic benefit to these groups. The pragmatic and symptom-oriented therapy proved to be good for gamblers as well. A follow-up with forty-nine patients for one year and twenty-five for two years found 71% abstinent after one year and 62% abstinent after two years of treatment. These results are similar to those obtained with alcoholics.
病理性赌博被视为一种病因不明的疾病，需要治疗。描述了 58 名男性患者的人口统计学和心理学特征。使用 54 名患有其他成瘾症的患者作为对照组，以确定旨在区分无害赌博行为和赌博成瘾的诊断测试的有效性。本文介绍了病理性赌博的各个阶段以及该障碍的治疗过程。大多数赌徒都很年轻，常常以前被判过盗窃罪，负债累累，有自杀的危险，而且容易上瘾其他成瘾物质，尤其是酒精。描述了无害、严重和慢性阶段。关于住院治疗，将个体成员纳入酗酒者群体已被证明对这些群体具有治疗益处。针对症状的实用疗法对赌徒也很有效。对 49 名患者进行了一年的随访，对 25 名患者进行了两年的随访，发现一年后有 71%的患者戒赌，两年后有 62%的患者戒赌。这些结果与酒精成瘾者相似。
