Gambling at the time of COVID-19: Results from interviews in an Italian sample of gamblers

The coronavirus pandemic affected the life of those suffering from addictive behaviors often confined to prolonged periods of self-isolation. To explore the variation of symptoms related to gambling, 46 outpatients of the mental health services in the Trento Province were invited to take part in a p...

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Autores principales: Cataldo, Ilaria, Casonato, Eleonora, Levari, Ermelinda, Negri, Attilio, Simonato, Pierluigi, Tomasi, Giulia, Branz, Giovanna, Coppola, Aurora, Gianfranceschi, Pietro, Leoni, Eva, Mistretta, Pietro, Stefani, Martina, Vanzetta, Miriam, Franceschini, Anna, Esposito, Gianluca, Corazza, Ornella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for the Study of Emerging Drugs. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8806400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35128510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etdah.2022.100032
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Sumario:The coronavirus pandemic affected the life of those suffering from addictive behaviors often confined to prolonged periods of self-isolation. To explore the variation of symptoms related to gambling, 46 outpatients of the mental health services in the Trento Province were invited to take part in a phone interview at the start of the national lockdown. Although only 2.17% increased gambling activity during this period, half of the sample (50.00%) experienced irritability, mood fluctuation (43.48%) and anxiety (39.13%). Follow-up studies should assess modifications in their behaviors that occurred after the reopening of gambling venues.

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