Pathologic gambling and bankruptcy

Casino gambling and bankruptcy in new United States casino jurisdictions<

Using quarterly data on personal consumer bankruptcy for 1989:Q4 through 1998:Q1, this study examines the impact that the introduction of casino gambling has on per capita personal bankruptcy filings. Eight jurisdictions that have recently adopted gambling are compared with a set of matching control jurisdictions, communities without casinos that are economically and demographically similar to ...

Chronic Dopamimetic Drug Addiction and Pathologic Gambling in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease - Presentation of Four Cases

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by motor and neuropsychiatric features. Within the latter, conditions such as psychosis, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), levodopa addiction and pathologic gambling are considered as secondary to the use of dopamimetic drugs. We present four patients with PD who developed clinical criteria for levodopa and pathologic gambling addiction, generalized ...

Pathologic gambling in patients with restless legs syndrome treated with dopaminergic agonists.

Pathologic gambling is an impulse control disorder previously reported to complicate dopamine agonist therapy in patients with Parkinson disease. It has not been described in association with dopamine agonist therapy of other conditions. We report three patients treated in our sleep disorders center who developed pathologic gambling while receiving treatment with dopamine agonists for restless ...

Gambling and gambling-related problems in France.

AIMS To provide an overview of the gambling landscape and gambling-related problems in France, including the history, legislation, gambling policy and epidemiological data on excessive gambling. METHOD A literature review, using Medline, PsycInfo and Toxibase/OFDT databases, based on the systematic monitoring of scientific literature since 2008 (including French and international papers). R...

Bankruptcy Judges and Bankruptcy Venue: Some Thoughts on Delaware