Heliyon (Mar 2023)

Fluoxetine combined with risperidone in treatment of online gambling disorder-case report

  • Mei Bai,
  • Erjia Huang,
  • Huijie Du,
  • Lu Yang,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Zhe Yan,
  • Wei Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13772
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
p. e13772

Abstract

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Pathological gambling leaves seriously negative impacts on individuals, families, and society. With the universal use of internet, online gambling disorder is also increasing worldwide. However, there is currently a lack of effective treatments, especially medical treatments, for online gambling disorder. This study shared 3 cases of online gambling disorder that was treated with combined fluoxetine and risperidone to provide an option for the treatment of online gambling.

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