McCormick R A, Russo A M, Ramirez L F, Taber J I
Am J Psychiatry. 1984 Feb;141(2):215-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.141.2.215.
Clinical impressions and psychological testing suggest that pathological gamblers demonstrate a high incidence of affective disorders. To assess the frequency of such disorders, the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia was administered to 50 patients admitted successively to the gambling treatment program of a VA hospital. Seventy-six percent of the subjects were diagnosed as having major depressive disorder and 38% as having hypomanic disorder according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria. The patients with major depressive disorder and one patient with schizoaffective disorder, depressed type, were significantly more likely to miss work often due to gambling. A large number of patients displayed suicidal tendencies.
临床印象和心理测试表明，病态赌徒患情感障碍的发生率很高。为了评估此类障碍的发生频率，对一家退伍军人医院赌博治疗项目中连续收治的50名患者进行了情感障碍和精神分裂症问卷测评。根据研究诊断标准，76%的受试者被诊断为患有重度抑郁症，38%被诊断为患有轻躁狂症。患有重度抑郁症的患者以及一名患有精神分裂情感障碍（抑郁型）的患者因赌博而经常旷工的可能性显著更高。大量患者表现出自杀倾向。
