Anxiety Disorders among Gambling Addicts

Abstract

Introduction: Anxiety is an emotion generated by the anticipation of a diffuse, difficult to predict and control danger. Professionals in mental health consider that approximately 40% of gambling addicts have an anxiety disorder at least once in life. Objectives: This paper aims to underline the existence of different forms of anxiety among gambling addicts. Methods: We used for this research 119 gambling addicts who were tested according to Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Results: According to the statistical data obtained, 64.71% of the subjects showed a form of anxiety. Conclusions: Results of the research validated the initial hypothesis according to which a significant percent of gambling addicts have different intensities of anxiety.