Obsessive-Compulsive Aspects and Pathological Gambling in an Italian Sample

Introduction. Gambling behaviour appears as repetitive and difficult to resist and seems to be aimed at neutralizing or reducing negative feelings such as anxiety and tension, confirming its similarities with the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. Aims. Estimating the prevalence of gambling behaviour in...

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Main Authors: Filippo Petruccelli, Pierluigi Diotaiuti, Valeria Verrastro, Irene Petruccelli, Maria Luisa Carenti, Domenico De Berardis, Felice Iasevoli, Alessandro Valchera, Michele Fornaro, Giovanni Martinotti, Massimo Di Giannantonio, Luigi Janiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/167438