Background: Several behaviors, besides psychoactive substance ingestion, produce short-
term reward that may engender persistent behavior, despite knowledge of adverse …

Aims This paper reviews evidence pertaining to the prevalence of common comorbid
disorders, including alcohol use disorder, depression, substance use disorders, nicotine …

Projections from the lateral hypothalamus (LH) to the ventral tegmental area (VTA),
containing both GABAergic and glutamatergic components, encode conditioned responses …

Context An association between dopamine-replacement therapies and impulse control
disorders (ICDs) in Parkinson disease (PD) has been suggested in preliminary studies …

This important work elucidates why relapse is so common for people recovering from
addictive behavior problems--and what can be done to keep treatment on track. It provides …

Objective: To present nationally representative data on lifetime prevalence and comorbidity
of pathological gambling with other psychiatric disorders and to evaluate sex differences in …

BackgroundLittle is known about the prevalence or correlates of DSM-IV pathological
gambling (PG). MethodData from the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) …

Aims In anticipation of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM‐V), to consider whether addictive disorders should include non‐substance …

OBJECTIVES: This study developed prevalence estimates of gambling-related disorders in
the United States and Canada, identified differences in prevalence among population …

During the last decade there has been an unprecedented expansion of legalized gambling
throughout North America. Three primary forces appear to be motivating this growth:(1) the …