TITLE:
Pilot Study of Problem Gambling in Specialized Substance Use Disorder Treatment—High Lifetime Prevalence of Problem Gambling in Opioid Maintenance Treatment Patients
AUTHORS:
Anders Håkansson, Johanna Ek
KEYWORDS:
Substance Use Disorder, Problem Gambling, Gambling Disorder, Pathological Gambling, Comorbidity, Opioid Maintenance Treatment, Alcohol Dependence
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Psychiatry,
Vol.8 No.3,
June
20,
2018
ABSTRACT: Problem gambling is over-represented in patients treated for substance use disorders, but substance-specific prevalence of problem gambling is rarely reported. In specialized addiction treatment facilities for opioid maintenance treatment and for alcohol and prescription drug dependence, respectively, 129 patients were screened for problem gambling using the NODS-CLiP. The lifetime prevalence of problem gambling was markedly higher in opioid maintenance treatment (61 percent) than in alcohol and prescription drug dependence treatment (11 percent, p