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Publications

See a range of published journal articles about mental health and gambling harms.

A Prospective Investigation of Affect, the Desire to Gamble, Gambling Motivations and Gambling Behavior in the Mood Disorders
Lena C. Quilty, Chris Watson, Tony Toneatto & R. Michael Bagby.
(2017), Journal of Gambling Studies, 33,115-129
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the opiate antagonist naltrexone in the treatment of pathological gambling urges.
Grant, J. E., Kim, S. W., & Hartman, B. K.
(2008), The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69(5), 783–789.
A pathways model of problem and pathological gambling
Alex Blaszczynski & Lia Nower
(2002), addiction May, 97 (5) 487-499
A qualitative analysis of the effects of a comorbid disordered gambling diagnosis with schizophrenia
Igor Yakovenko,Cameron M.Clark ,David C.Hodgins, Vina M.Goghari
(2016), Schizophrenia Research, Vol 171,issue 1 50-55
A six-step brief intervention to reduce distress and increase treatment readiness in problem gamblers
Jane E Oakes, Victoria Manning, Simone N Rodda, Dan I Lubman.
(2020), Australas Psychiatry aug, 28 (4) 418-422
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
American Psychiatric Association
(2013), (DSM-5).
Barriers and Facilitators of Responding to Problem Gambling: Perspectives from Australian Mental Health Services
S N Rodda, V Manning, N A Dowling, S J Lee, D I Lubman
(2018), Journal of Gambling Studies, 34(1) 307-320
Exploring the Relationship Between Stimulant Use and Gambling in College Students
Irene Markman Geisner, David Huh, Jessica M. Cronce, Ty W. Lostutter, Jason Kilmer & Mary E. Larimer.
(2016), Journal of Gambling Studies, sep33 (3)
Impulsivity in pathological gambling: the antisocial impulsivist.
Blaszczynski, A., Steel, Z., & McConaghy, N.
(1997), Addiction, 92(1), 75-87.
Pathological gambling and the treatment of psychosis with aripiprazole: case reports
Neil Smith (a1), Nathan Kitchenham (a1) and Henrietta Bowden-Jones (a1).
(2011), The British Journal of Psychiatry 199(2) 158-9
Prevalence of psychiatric co-morbidity in treatment-seeking problem gamblers: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Nicki A Dowling, Sean Cowlishaw, Alun C Jackson, Stephanie S Merkouris, Kate L Francis, Darren R Christensen.
(2015), Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 49 (6), 519-539
Problem gambling and substance use in patients attending community mental health services
Victoria Manning , Nicki. A. Dowling, Stuart Lee, Simone Rodda, Joshua Benjamin,Bernard Garfield, Rachel Volberg, Jayashri Kulkarni and Dan Ian Lubman.
(2017), Journal of Behavioural Addiction, vol 7,Issue 4
Promoting cross-sector collaboration and input into care planning via an integrated problem gambling and mental health service
Laura E McCartney, Vicky Northe, Susannah Gordon, Evan Symons, Robert Shields, Anthony Kennedy, Stuart J Lee.
(2019), Journal of Gambling Issues
The Frantic Seeking of Credit during Poker Machine Problem Gambling: A Public Health Perspective
Jane Oakes,* Rene Pols and Sharon Lawn
(2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and public Health
The Prevalence of Comorbid Personality Disorders in Treatment-Seeking Problem Gamblers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Nicki A. Dowling; S. Cowlishaw, A. C. Jackson; S. S. Merkouris, G; K. L. Francis, D. R. Christensen,
(2015), Journal of Personality Disorders 29 (6), 735-754
The influence of depression and other co-occurring conditions on treatment outcomes for problem gamblers: a cohort study
David P Smith, Malcolm W Battersby, Peter W Harvey, Rene G Pols, Michael F Baigent and Jane E Oakes.
(2011), The Medical journal of Australia 195(3):S56-9
[Aripiprazole, gambling disorder and compulsive sexuality]
D. Mété, C. Dafreville, V. Paitel, P. Wind
(2016), L'Encéphale; vol 42, issue 3
Understanding gambling related harm: a proposed definition, conceptual framework, and taxonomy of harms
Langham, E., Thorne, H., Browne, M. et al
(2015), BMC Public Health 16, 80

Research Snapshot

Understanding people’s experiences with an integrated problem gambling and mental illness program. In this study, the researchers investigated clients’ and referrers’ experiences with the Problem Gambling and Mental Health Program (PGMHP) in Australia.

Research Snapshot

People with problem gambling may frantically withdraw money so they can keep gambling