女性更易沉溺于赌博
路透社纽约健康消息 据最近在美国精神病学协会会议上宣读的一份研究报告，女性沉溺于赌博的机率是男性的三倍。女赌徒面与男赌徒有很大差异，她们多半独身，较大年纪才开始赌博，而且她们大多是用赌博来麻醉自己，逃避现实。
成瘾的根源是一个更有趣也更重要的问题。该研究发现女赌徒成瘾现象与酗酒很相似。与男性相比，女性不易酗酒，不过，她们一旦开始酗酒，就会一发不可收拾。低体重和体内水份较少等因素可能与她们迅速沉溺于酗酒有关。
目前的研究表明女性更易成为赌博成瘾者，也许除了化学因素处还有其它因素参与决定成瘾性。研究人员指出，需要制定一套以赌博成瘾妇女为目标的治疗计划，因为赌博成瘾与酗酒、抑郁和自杀倾向有关，是一种病态。
病态性赌博成瘾在人群中的发病率大约为1%-4%，男性患者通常在21-55岁之间。女性患者仅占1/3。在美国，赌博已合法化的州从1978年的2个增加到1998年的48个。随着赌博在全世界合法化，病态性赌博成瘾已经成为美国及许多国家一个日益严重的问题。
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美国精神病学协会成瘾者治疗委员会主席希拉·布努姆博士认为，与其它成瘾状态一样，这种疾病在女性的表现不同，因此需要更多关于性别差异的资料。
Women May Be at Higher Risk of Gambling Addiction
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women may succumb to a gambling addiction nearly three times faster than men, results of a small new study suggest.
Women gamblers also appear to be different than their male counterparts in other ways--they are more likely to gamble to escape from problems, to be single, and to begin gambling at a later age, according to a report presented at a recent meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
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The findings mirror a phenomenon among alcoholics in which the addiction begins later but progresses more rapidly in women than in men. It has been suggested that factors such as lower body weight and less body water may contribute to the faster progression of alcoholic disease among women.
However, the current finding that an addiction to gambling can also occur more quickly in women indicates that something other than chemistry may be going on, Dr. Sheila Blume, chair of the APA‘s committee on treatment services for addicted patients, told Reuters Health.
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``The roots of addiction become a more interesting and important question,‘‘ Blume noted.
The findings also underscore the need to develop treatment programs that target women with a gambling addiction--a psychiatric disorder that is associated with alcohol abuse, depression and thoughts of suicide. The addiction, known as pathological gambling, most commonly occurs in men between the ages of 21 and 55 years. About 1% to 4% of people in the general population are considered to be pathological gamblers, one third of whom are women.
, 百拇医药
``Pathological gambling is a growing problem all over America and abroad, as legalization of gambling spreads worldwide,‘‘ Blume said in a prepared statement. ``As with other addictive disorders, the disease manifests itself differently in women, and we need more information on these differences.‘‘
Indeed, the number of states in which it is legal to gamble rose to 48 in 1998 from 2 in 1978.
The researchers, led by Dr. Hermano Tavares of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, compared characteristics of 25 women entering a treatment program for gambling addiction, with a group of men in the program., http://www.100md.com
成瘾的根源是一个更有趣也更重要的问题。该研究发现女赌徒成瘾现象与酗酒很相似。与男性相比，女性不易酗酒，不过，她们一旦开始酗酒，就会一发不可收拾。低体重和体内水份较少等因素可能与她们迅速沉溺于酗酒有关。
目前的研究表明女性更易成为赌博成瘾者，也许除了化学因素处还有其它因素参与决定成瘾性。研究人员指出，需要制定一套以赌博成瘾妇女为目标的治疗计划，因为赌博成瘾与酗酒、抑郁和自杀倾向有关，是一种病态。
病态性赌博成瘾在人群中的发病率大约为1%-4%，男性患者通常在21-55岁之间。女性患者仅占1/3。在美国，赌博已合法化的州从1978年的2个增加到1998年的48个。随着赌博在全世界合法化，病态性赌博成瘾已经成为美国及许多国家一个日益严重的问题。
, 百拇医药
美国精神病学协会成瘾者治疗委员会主席希拉·布努姆博士认为，与其它成瘾状态一样，这种疾病在女性的表现不同，因此需要更多关于性别差异的资料。
Women May Be at Higher Risk of Gambling Addiction
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women may succumb to a gambling addiction nearly three times faster than men, results of a small new study suggest.
Women gamblers also appear to be different than their male counterparts in other ways--they are more likely to gamble to escape from problems, to be single, and to begin gambling at a later age, according to a report presented at a recent meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
, http://www.100md.com
The findings mirror a phenomenon among alcoholics in which the addiction begins later but progresses more rapidly in women than in men. It has been suggested that factors such as lower body weight and less body water may contribute to the faster progression of alcoholic disease among women.
However, the current finding that an addiction to gambling can also occur more quickly in women indicates that something other than chemistry may be going on, Dr. Sheila Blume, chair of the APA‘s committee on treatment services for addicted patients, told Reuters Health.
, http://www.100md.com
``The roots of addiction become a more interesting and important question,‘‘ Blume noted.
The findings also underscore the need to develop treatment programs that target women with a gambling addiction--a psychiatric disorder that is associated with alcohol abuse, depression and thoughts of suicide. The addiction, known as pathological gambling, most commonly occurs in men between the ages of 21 and 55 years. About 1% to 4% of people in the general population are considered to be pathological gamblers, one third of whom are women.
, 百拇医药
``Pathological gambling is a growing problem all over America and abroad, as legalization of gambling spreads worldwide,‘‘ Blume said in a prepared statement. ``As with other addictive disorders, the disease manifests itself differently in women, and we need more information on these differences.‘‘
Indeed, the number of states in which it is legal to gamble rose to 48 in 1998 from 2 in 1978.
The researchers, led by Dr. Hermano Tavares of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, compared characteristics of 25 women entering a treatment program for gambling addiction, with a group of men in the program., http://www.100md.com