Publications by authors named "Marianne Balem"
Online gamblers are more likely to experience gambling problems. The main objective was to compare the frequency of recovery one (middle-term) and two (long-term) years after treatment initiation, according to the gambling medium (Internet vs. land-based gambling).
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- Opioid use disorder (OUD) remains a global health issue, with relapse being heavily influenced by comorbid conditions such as ADHD.
- Nearly half of the patients with OUD reported having ADHD in childhood, and about two-thirds continued to experience symptoms into adulthood, which negatively impacted treatment outcomes.
- Factors like early onset of OUD, lower education, and high impulsivity were linked to poor results; ADHD's effect on treatment outcome was mediated by impulsive emotional responses rather than direct influence.
Introduction: Since the first description of sex addiction (SA) by Carnes, research on this problematic behaviour has continued to grow, and the association with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to be frequent. This study aimed to estimate the frequency of a history of probable ADHD in a population of patients with SA and to explore the factors associated with it.
Methods: One hundred 85 patients referred to the Nantes University Hospital for SA between 2011 and 2020 were included.
Background And Aims: The lockdown of sports and gambling venues during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused a fear of increased gambling on other online gambling types, with a risk for transfer to more addictive gambling than otherwise. This study aimed to estimate changes in gambling activity during COVID-19-affected periods among all gamblers at a Swedish state-owned gambling operator and to analyse observable sex differences.
Methods: This study included gambling tracking data from the Swedish state-owned gambling operator Svenska Spel Sports & Casino (sports betting, online bingo, casino and poker).
To determine whether sulcal morphology can predict changes in cognition, we investigated the relationship between width of 20 cerebral sulci and cognitive decline. Sulcal width was measured in T1-weighted MRI images at baseline in 433 adults aged ≥70 years with memory complaints from the MRI-Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial study. Cognition was evaluated at baseline, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months of follow-up with a composite Z score.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To estimate whether the use of wagering inducements has a significant impact on the gambling behaviors of on-line gamblers and describe this temporal relation under naturalistic conditions.
Design: This longitudinal observational study is part of the second stage of the Screening for Excessive Gambling Behaviors on the Internet (EDEIN) research program.
Setting: Gambling tracking data from the French national on-line gambling authority (poker, horse race betting and sports betting) and from the French national lottery operator (lotteries and scratch games).