Four types of compulsive gamblers have been identified in a new study.
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"We need to use different treatments for each sub-group of pathological gamblers in order to respond to their specific therapeutic difficulties and needs", said Susana Jimenez Murcia, co-author of the study.
The results of the study have shown that it is possible to distinguish four groups of pathological gamblers based on their personality traits and associated psychopathology.
According to the researchers, who studied 1,171 people, types I and II are pathological gamblers who exhibit problems in controlling their responses, "but only type II shows signs of a significant concurrent psychopathology", with high levels of impulsiveness and sensation-seeking.
Four kinds of compulsive gamblers are as follows:
Type I, which could be called 'disorganised and emotionally unstable', is characterised by schizotypal personality traits, high degrees of impulsiveness, alcohol and substance abuse, psychopathological alterations and early onset age.
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Type III is reward-sensitive, and is characterised by high levels of sensation seeking and impulsiveness, although without any psychopathological alterations.
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The findings were published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
Source-ANI