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Commentary: Illegal Behavior and Pathological Gambling

Dr. Grant is Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Potenza is Director, Problem Gambling Clinic, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT; Director of the Women and Addictions Core of Women's Health Research, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; and Director of Neuroimaging, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT. The preparation of this article was supported in part by NIMH Grant K23 MH069754-01A1 (JEG); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Grant R01 DA019039 (MNP); the VA Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN1) Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) (MNP), the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) (MNP); and Women's Health Research at Yale (MNP). Address correspondence to Marc N. Potenza, MD, PhD, Room S-104, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519. E-mail marc.potenza{at}yale.edu

A complex relationship exists between illegal behavior and pathological gambling, and this relationship has significant implications in both the legal and clinical domains. Despite the importance of this relationship, relatively little research has examined illegal behavior in pathological gambling, particularly within a current gambling climate that has seen dramatic expansion over recent years. Although the article by Ledgerwood and colleagues provides additional insight into the relationship between pathological gambling and illegal behavior, many questions remain unanswered and warrant further investigation.