Natural Recovery and Treatment-Seeking in Pathological Gambling: Results of Two U.S. National Surveys

摘要: OBJECTIVE: Pathological gambling is described in DSM-IV as a chronic and persisting disorder, but recent community-based longitudinal studies that have highlighted the transitory nature of gambling-related problems called into question whether this an accurate characterization. This emerging evidence high rates recovery coupled with low treatment-seeking for pathological suggests natural might be common. The purpose present study was to document recovery, treatment-seeking, among individuals disorder two large representative U.S. national surveys. METHOD: Prevalences were estimated from Gambling Impact Behavior Study (N=2,417) National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol Related Conditions (N=43,093) who reported lifetime history (N=21 N=185, respe...