"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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.722.408 F03.250.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Gambling, Pathological- Gambling, Pathological
- Gamblings, Pathological
- Pathological Gamblings
- Gambling, Pathologic
- Pathological Gambling
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gambling" by people in Profiles.
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Imprecise action selection in substance use disorder: Evidence for active learning impairments when solving the explore-exploit dilemma. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 10 01; 215:108208.
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Linguistic Strategies for Improving Informed Consent in Clinical Trials Among Low Health Literacy Patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 03; 109(3).
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Sociocultural Influences on Gambling and Alcohol Use Among Native Americans in the United States. J Gambl Stud. 2015 Dec; 31(4):1387-404.
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Heavy smokers perform more poorly than nonsmokers on a simulated task of gambling. Subst Use Misuse. 2009; 44(7):905-14.
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The relative impact of nicotine dependence, other substance dependence, and gender on Bechara Gambling Task performance. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2008 Dec; 16(6):513-20.
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Comorbid psychiatric disorders among older adult recovering pathological gamblers. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2008 Sep; 29(9):1018-28.
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Working memory and decision-making biases in young adults with a family history of alcoholism: studies from the Oklahoma family health patterns project. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2006 May; 30(5):763-73.