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A central objective of the German gambling law is to ensure the protection of minors
and players (§ 1 Sentence 1 No. 3 GlüStV 2012). Since the year 2014 gambling
facilities for commercial games of chance in gambling halls and restaurants have
been certified by the German Safety Standards Authority [Technischer Überwachungsverein – TÜV]. Certificati...
Der Begriff „Sexsucht“ hat sich für ein dysreguliertes exzessives Sexualverhalten, das sich auf nichtabweichende sexuelle Reize bezieht, inzwischen weithin etabliert. Hinsichtlich der Kriterien für eine Verhaltenssucht trifft er nach gegenwärtigem Kenntnisstand aber nur auf eine Subgruppe der Betroffenen zu, die neben den Suchtcharakteristika einen...
Zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt existieren nur relativ wenige Publikationen zu den neurobiologischen Grundlagen der „Internet- und Computerspielsucht“, jedoch ist die Tendenz steigend. Das folgende Kapitel gibt einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Forschung mit Schwerpunkt auf Erkenntnissen, die mittels funktioneller und struktureller Kernspintomogr...
The objective of the present study was to differentiate specific migration-related factors that can account for an increased vulnerability to pathological gambling (PG) among migrants in Germany. One hundred and six gamblers (61 migrants, 45 Germans) with varying degrees of gambling problems participated in the study. We analysed (1) differences be...
Although most individuals who gamble do so without any adverse consequences, some individuals develop a recurrent, maladaptive pattern of gambling behaviour, often called pathological gambling or gambling disorder, that is associated with financial losses, disruption of family and interpersonal relationships, and co-occurring psychiatric disorders....
Background: The aim of this study is a descriptive analysis of present inpatient treatments for pathological gambling in Germany. Method: Inpatient treatment options were detected by internet search. Psychotherapists and medical doctors in leading positions were questioned by telephone about their treatment programs for pathological gambling using...
Video game playing is a frequent recreational activity. Previous studies have reported an involvement of dopamine-related ventral striatum. However, structural brain correlates of video game playing have not been investigated. On magnetic resonance imaging scans of 154 14-year-olds, we computed voxel-based morphometry to explore differences between...
Hintergrund: Pathologisches Glucksspielen (PG) wird in den internationalen Klassifikationssystemen bislang als Impulskontrollstorung klassifiziert. Erst in jungster Zeit wird aufgrund der Ahnlichkeiten in Phanomenologie, Atiologie, Verlauf sowie genetischen und neurobiologischen Faktoren mit der Substanzabhangigkeit eine Einordnung des PGs als Verh...
Based on different characteristics of gambling types, this study aimed to develop an assessment tool to evaluate the risk potential of available and planned gambling types in German-speaking countries. In the first module, 26 experts were interviewed over the course of a Delphi study, and an analysis of those results led to the selection of relevan...
In recent research similarities between pathological gambling and drug addiction have been identified, suggesting excessive gambling to constitute an addiction. So far, we have insufficient knowledge concerning the psychophysiological mechanisms underlying this kind of non-substance-related addiction. The objective of the study was to investigate e...
Fragestellung: Die vorliegende Studie verfolgt das Ziel, basierend auf den Veranstaltungsmerkmalen von Glucksspielen Beurteilungsmerkmale zu generieren und empirisch zu validieren, die eine Einschatzung des Gefahrdungspotentials der verschiedenen, in deutschsprachigen Landern angebotenen Spielformen sowie neuer, geplanter Produkte ermoglichen. Meth...
Substanzungebundenes abhängiges Verhalten („Verhaltenssucht“) wie pathologisches Glücksspiel und „Internetabhängigkeit“ steht im Fokus des wissenschaftlichen und gesundheitspolitischen Interesses. Parallelen zu stoffgebundenen Abhängigkeiten werden verstärkt diskutiert, wobei die vergleichsweise geringe Anzahl fundierter Studien auffällt. Aktuelle...
Behavioral addictions, especially pathological gambling and internet addiction, have become a growing concern in research and health policy. Similarities between behavioral addictions and substance dependency are currently being discussed in the scientific community. Unfortunately the number of scientific studies on pathological gambling and intern...
The affect-modulated startle response is a reliable indicator of the affective processing of stimuli. It may be influenced by trait and state affective variables as well as psychopathological status. The aim of the present study was to determine the influence of the current mood state on startle modulation. Forty-five healthy volunteers viewed affe...
Objective: Lottery gambling has enjoyed great popularity around the world for many years and is generally seen as a socially acceptable form of gambling. Apart from aspects such as effects on charities, pathological lottery gambling and its addictive nature have often been discussed recently but rarely investigated. Methods: In the present study lo...
The impact of emotional states on alcohol craving has so far mainly been investigated in abstinent and actively consuming alcohol addicts. Alcohol craving and the variables that influence alcohol craving have not yet been examined in non-addicted, alcohol abusing drinkers and non-abusing occasional alcohol drinkers.
In this study 50 problem drinker...
Die Ohrakupunktur (OA) nach dem NADA-Protokoll gilt als weltweit anerkanntes Verfahren zur Reduktion von Entzugssymptomen und des Drogenverlangens sowie zur Unterstützung der Compliance bei abhängigen Patienten im Rahmen suchttherapeutischer Behandlungen.
Drug-dependent patients show increased negative mood states such as anxiety and depression that interact with drug craving and quality of life. In this study, we compared immigrants with and without drug dependence and assessed whether drug dependence and social status after immigration contributed independently to negative mood states, stress-copi...
The "Questionnaire on Differentiated Assessment of Addiction (QDAA)" is a multi-modal, selfrating instrument for the Assessment of addiction and abuse of psychotropic substances. The QDAA provides the diagnosis of addiction as well as an overview of relevant information needed for the treatment of addiction. Several subscales assess variables that...
Der „Fragebogen zur Differenzierten Drogenanamnese” (FDDA) ist ein multimodales Selbstbeurteilungsverfahren zur Diagnostik von stoffgebundener Abhängigkeit und Missbrauch psychotroper Substanzen. Der FDDA ermöglicht sowohl eine Abhängigkeitsdiagnostik, als auch einen Überblick über die für die Behandlung der Abhängigkeitserkrankung relevanten anamn...