Journal of Psychiatry

Department of Psychology, The President of International Association for the Study of Game Addictions (IASGA),, 1868 Collombey, Switzerland

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• Research Article   
  Depression and Suicidal Risk in Gambling Disorder and Internet Gaming Disorder: Clinical, Neurobiological and Social Preconditions for this Comorbid Psychopathology
  Author(s): Tetiana Zinchenko*
  
  Depression is one of the most common concomitant mental disorders associated with gambling addiction and internet gaming disorder. It is diagnosed in 23.1%-41.3% of patients with GD. The conducted meta-analysis and reviews of internet addiction studies, which included IGD and SNS addiction, reveal a high degree of correlation with depression in 75%-89% of studies. Patients with GD, there is a high suicide risk in 25.6%-49.2%, in 81.4% there are suicidal thoughts, which in 29,6-49.2% of cases having a permanent, obsessive nature, 6.9%-30.2%, commit suicide attempts. Suicide is the main cause of death (31%) in this category of patients. High suicidal risk (thoughts, attempts) is found by researchers in different countries in IGD, with both problematic and pathological users. The analysis of clinical and neurobiological studies, as well as their own clinical cases, reveals that.. View more»
  

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