"Gambling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An activity distinguished primarily by an element of risk in trying to obtain a desired goal, e.g., playing a game of chance for money.
| Descriptor ID |
D005715
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.722.408 F03.250.400
|
| Concept/Terms |
Gambling, Pathological- Gambling, Pathological
- Gamblings, Pathological
- Pathological Gamblings
- Gambling, Pathologic
- Pathological Gambling
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Gambling".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Gambling".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gambling" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gambling" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Gambling" by people in Profiles.
-
Najavits LM, Ledgerwood DM, Afifi TO. A Randomized Controlled Trial for Gambling Disorder and PTSD: Seeking Safety and CBT. J Gambl Stud. 2023 Dec; 39(4):1865-1884.
-
Kraus SW, Potenza MN, Ngo T, Pugh K, Bernice K, Shirk SD. Screening for Gambling Disorder in VA Primary Care Behavioral Health: A Pilot Study. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2020 Dec; 41(12):1076-1082.
-
Ledgerwood DM, Dyshniku F, McCarthy JE, Ostojic-Aitkens D, Forfitt J, Rumble SC. Gambling-Related Cognitive Distortions in Residential Treatment for Gambling Disorder. J Gambl Stud. 2020 Jun; 36(2):669-683.
-
Shaffer PM, Ladouceur R, Williams PM, Wiley RC, Blaszczynski A, Shaffer HJ. Gambling Research and Funding Biases. J Gambl Stud. 2019 Sep; 35(3):875-886.
-
Hammond CJ, Shirk SD, Foster DW, Potenza NB, Kraus SW, Mayes LC, Hoff RA, Potenza MN. Cannabis use, problem-gambling severity, and psychiatric disorders: Data from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Psychol Addict Behav. 2020 Feb; 34(1):230-241.
-
Ladouceur R, Shaffer P, Blaszczynski A, Shaffer HJ. Responsible Gambling Research and Industry Funding Biases. J Gambl Stud. 2019 Jun; 35(2):725-730.
-
Ronzitti S, Kraus SW, Decker SE, Ashrafioun L. Clinical characteristics of veterans with gambling disorders seeking pain treatment. Addict Behav. 2019 08; 95:160-165.
-
Pullman RE, Potenza MN, Kraus SW. Recommendations for increasing research on co-occurring serious mental illness and gambling problems. J Behav Addict. 2018 12 01; 7(4):897-899.
-
Mazar A, Williams RJ, Stanek EJ, Zorn M, Volberg RA. The importance of friends and family to recreational gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling. BMC Public Health. 2018 Aug 30; 18(1):1080.
-
Ronzitti S, Kraus SW, Hoff RA, Clerici M, Potenza MN. Problem-gambling severity, suicidality and DSM-IV Axis II personality disorders. Addict Behav. 2018 07; 82:142-150.