A multicenter cross-sectional study of gambling disorder among patients with methamphetamine use disorder in drug rehabilitation centers: prevalence, correlates, and network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study sought to investigate the prevalence, correlates, and network structure of the manifested symptoms in gambling disorder (GD) among methamphetamine (MA) use disorder (MUD) patients in China.

Methods

We interviewed 1069 patients using the Semi-Structured Assessment for Drug Dependence and Alcoholism (SSADDA), Chinese version. Besides MA and other substance use disorders, GD was also ascertained by SSADDA. Other psychiatric diagnoses were ascertained, including major depressive episodes (MDEs), antisocial personality disorder, suicide and self-harm, and environmental factors, including childhood experiences.

Results

Of 1069 participants, 711 met the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for MUD. Among the 711 participants with MUD, 52.3% met DSM-5 diagnostic cr

SUBMITTER: Peng P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877697 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature