Comorbid psychiatric diagnoses and gaming preferences in US armed forces veterans receiving inpatient treatment for gambling disorder.

Autor: Grubbs JB; Department of Psychology, Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions, University of New Mexico, United States. Electronic address: JoshuaGrubbs12@UNM.edu., Chapman H; VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, United States., Milner LA; Charles George VA Medical Center, United States., Floyd CG; Bowling Green State University, United States., Kraus SW; University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Addictive behaviors [Addict Behav] 2023 Dec; Vol. 147, pp. 107840. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 24.
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107840
Abstrakt: Armed Forces Veterans are uniquely vulnerable to problem gambling and gambling disorder. Even so, research regarding the full clinical profile of veterans with gambling problems lags. Gambling activities vary widely from each other, but most gambling activities can be understood as either strategic (i.e., involving some measure of skill and decision-making as a part of the gambling practice) or non-strategic (i.e., gambling activities that are entirely based on chance). Prior works have found that gamblers that prefer strategic gambling activities and those that prefer nonstrategic gambling activities often differ from each other in key ways, with the two preferences being linked to varying motivations for gambling, varying cognitions about gambling, and the course of gambling disorder. The present work sought to examine how preferences for strategic vs. nonstrategic gambling might be related to psychiatric comorbidities among U.S. Armed Forces Veterans receiving inpatient treatment for Gambling Disorder. Data from U.S. Armed Forces Veterans (N = 401) receiving residential treatment for GD between the years of 2010-2016 were analyzed. Results demonstrated that gamblers that preferred strategic gambling, as opposed to non-strategic gambling, were more likely to be younger, more likely to be men, less likely to have a nicotine use disorder, and less likely to have PTSD. Such findings suggest that gamblers with PTSD are likely to prefer nonstrategic games and may imply a unique vulnerability to gambling problems related to non-strategic gambling among armed forces veterans.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding this work and attest that no portion of this work has been previously disseminated or published elsewhere. Ethical approval for this project has been granted via the VA Northeast Ohio Institutional Review Board.
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