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Elsevier, Journal of Affective Disorders, (167), p. 285-298, 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.06.023
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Bipolar disorder and gambling disorder comorbidity: Current evidence and implications for pharmacological treatment
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Luisa De Risio,
Mauro Pettorruso ,
Giulio Caselli,
Franco De Crescenzo,
Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart,
Giovanni Martinotti,
Giovanni Camardese,
Massimo Di Giannantonio,
Luigi Janiri
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Abstract
The co-occurrence of bipolar disorder (BD) and gambling disorder (GD), though of clinical and public health importance, is still scarcely investigated. Comorbid BD-GD subjects experience a more severe course of illness and poorer treatment outcome, due to a range of clinical and psychosocial factors that collectively impede remission and recovery. The aim of our paper is to review the role of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of comorbid BD-GD, in order to support clinical decisions according to the best available evidence.