Biomedical subjects

M L Zilberman

Publications and source records attributed to M L Zilberman.

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PubMed2001

Gender differences in gambling progression.

The authors compared 39 women and 38 men entering an outpatient treatment program for pathological gambling. They were diagnosed according to DSM-IV and selected by SOGS, followed by a semi-structured interview for demography and progression of the gambling behavior prior to treatment. Women were more often single (59% vs. 26%; p = .005) and started gambling significantly later than men (34.2 vs. 20.4 years; p < .001). The progression of the disorder was more than 2 times faster in women than in men. There was no difference in the age of seeking treatment (44.7 vs. 42.3 years). Findings from this study resemble gender differences in other addictions--in particular the faster progression among women--challenge pharmacodynamic hypotheses for this phenomenon, and suggest gender into account when devising treatment strategies for pathological gambling.

Adult↗

PubMed2001

Drug-dependent women: demographic and clinical characteristics in a Brazilian sample.

This study compared baseline demographics, clinical characteristics and patterns of substance use of 99 substance misusing women seeking treatment in a Brazilian hospital who had been diagnosed with drug dependence (alcohol dependence, if present, was not the most important) against 162 women diagnosed with alcohol dependence. Most of the drug-dependent women in this study were dependent on cocaine (73.7%). It was found that drug-dependent women, at entry, were younger, with a higher educational level, single or lived alone, and had a job outside home more often than alcoholics; they also had less alcohol-use related problems in the family and more relatives with problems with other drugs. They sought treatment mainly by self-initiative and reported more past suicide attempts than their alcoholic counterparts. In addition, they began drug use at the same age but increased drug use, as well as seeking treatment, significantly earlier. Alcoholics had more psychiatric comorbidity. The findings point out heterogeneity among chemically-dependent Brazilian women.

Alcohol Drinking↗

PubMed1995

Women alcoholics--social, demographic and clinical characteristics in a Brazilian sample.

We compared 115 female and 115 male Brazilian alcoholics in terms of their social and demographic characteristics, as well as other characteristics associated with alcohol consumption. Women both began drinking and increased their consumption later than men. The incidence of attempted suicide was higher among women. Females used less illicit drugs. Male alcoholics were more frequently born in the city of São Paulo. As for adherence to treatment in an out-patient clinic, no significant differences were found between the sexes 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after initiation of treatment.

Alcohol Drinking↗