Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry (ICONAP 2022)

A Case Report: Is There a Drug-Induced Gambling Disorder?

Authors
Afrendi Akbar1, *, Mustafa M. Amin1
1Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: akbarafrendi@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Afrendi Akbar
Available Online 31 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-120-3_23How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Drug-induced gambling disorder; aripiprazole; dopamine agonist
Abstract

Gambling disorder (GD) has been identified as a rare but serious adverse reaction to dopaminergic drugs that are widely used to treat mental problems. It is characterized as a recurrent and persistent sickness that results in clinically substantial pain or disability and threatens the patient’s capacity to maintain stability in both their personal and professional lives. Mr. TL, a 35 years old unmarried man who works as an employee, has been receiving aripiprazole treatment for three years and complained about a preoccupation with online gambling. The patient also admitted to being unable to control or stop gambling and the proclivity to place large bets until he is deeply in debt. Medical professionals should always consider the possibility of pathological gambling when administering aripiprazole and other dopamine agonists. Patients having a history of impulse control disorder and gambling behavior should be assessed for an elevated risk of pathological gambling prior to obtaining therapy with drugs that induce DG.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry (ICONAP 2022)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
31 March 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-120-3_23
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-120-3_23How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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