Influencer-Driven Gambling Content and Its Impact on Children and Young People: A Scoping Study

Current Addiction Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

Placebo and nocebo effects in gambling disorder pharmacological trials: a meta-analysis

Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 11

Опубликована: Ноя. 20, 2024

Abstract Background: Placebo and nocebo effects are widely reported across psychiatric conditions, yet have seldom been examined in the context of gambling disorder. Through meta-analysis, we placebo effects, their moderating factors, from available randomised, controlled pharmacological clinical trials Methods: We searched, up to 19 February 2024, a broad range databases, for double-blind randomised (RCTs) medications Outcomes were symptom severity quality life (for efficacy), drop outs due medication side arms. Results: included 16 RCTs ( n = 833) meta-analysis. The overall effect size reduction arms was 1.18 (95%CI 0.91–1.46) improvement 0.63 (0.42-0.83). Medication class, study sponsorship, trial duration, baseline publication year significantly moderated sizes at least some these outcome measures. Author conflict interest, run-in, gender split, scale choice, age participants or unbalanced randomisation did not moderate sizes. Nocebo leading out observed 6% involving antipsychotics, while this less other types. Conclusion: treatment disorder large, there several moderators effect. measureable may be influenced by class being studied. Practical implications new findings field discussed, along with recommendations future trials.

Язык: Английский

Lifetime alcohol use disorder and gambling disorder: clinical profile and treatment response

CNS Spectrums, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 29(4), С. 273 - 278

Опубликована: Май 17, 2024

Gambling disorder affects 0.5-2.4% of the population and shows strong associations with lifetime alcohol use disorder. Very little is known regarding whether can impact clinical presentation or outcome trajectory gambling

Язык: Английский