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Volume 23

April - June 2007 (Part-I)

Number 2


 

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Obstinate gambling addiction
Leszek Tomasz Ros’

ABSTRACT
Some authors regard gambling as an addiction. Detailed psychiatric examination revealed obsessive-compulsive syndrome in this patient. He was treated systematically with individual psychotherapy and sertraline from low doses up to the maximal dose (i.e. about 200 mg daily). A complete remission of the obsessive-compulsive syndrome was achieved. A number of indirect proofs demonstrate a significant role of sertraline in the aetiology of obsessive-compulsive syndrome. The most important evidence is the effectiveness of the drug from the group of selective inhibitors of serotonin central reuptake (SI-5HT) in the treatment of obsessive compulsive syndrome. Sertraline is safe and effective in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive syndrome. Drug doses ranged from 50 to 200 mg daily.

KEY WORDS: Gambling, Addiction, Obsessive-Compulsive Syndrome, Sertraline.

Pak J Med Sci   April 2007   Vol. 23 No. 2   293-295


1. Dr. Leszek Tomasz Ros’ MD
Central University Teaching Hospital with Polyclinic,
Armed Forces School of Medicine
Independent Public Health Care Institution
Department of Neurosurgery with Outpatient Clinic
Private Practice.

Correspondence

Leszek Tomasz Ros’ MD
ul. Zablocinska 6 m. 55
01-697 Warszawa
POLAND.
E-mail: leszek.ros@wp.pl

* Received for Publication: September 7, 2006
* Accepted: October 15, 2006


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