All‐cause and cause‐specific mortality in gambling disorder: Evidence from a nation‐wide matched and sibling cohort study in Taiwan

Gambling disorder patients in Taiwan appear to have a statistically significantly increased risk of unnatural-cause mortality and especially suicide mortality compared with matched controls. Policies and clinical interventions for treating GD patients should focus on suicide prevention to reduce mortality in this population.

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Addiction
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2026-03-23
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https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70397
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Gambling Behavior and Treatments
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All‐cause and cause‐specific mortality in gambling disorder: Evidence from a nation‐wide matched and sibling cohort study in Taiwan

Yao‐Hsu Yang, Charlie Hsu, Edward Chia‐Cheng Lai, Yang‐Chieh Brian Chen et al.
Addiction
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All‐cause and cause‐specific mortality in gambling disorder: Evidence from a nation‐wide matched and sibling cohort study in Taiwan

Yao‐Hsu Yang, Charlie Hsu, Edward Chia‐Cheng Lai, Yang‐Chieh Brian Chen, Mu‐Hong Chen, Chih‐Sung Liang, Liang‐Jen Wang
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Abstract

Gambling disorder patients in Taiwan appear to have a statistically significantly increased risk of unnatural-cause mortality and especially suicide mortality compared with matched controls. Policies and clinical interventions for treating GD patients should focus on suicide prevention to reduce mortality in this population.

Addiction
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW), Chang Gung University (TW), Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TW), Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW), Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW), National Defense Medical Center (TW), National Cheng Kung University (TW), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
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All‐cause and cause‐specific mortality in gambling disorder: Evidence from a nation‐wide matched and sibling cohort study in Taiwan — Yao‐Hsu Yang, Charlie Hsu, et al. · Addiction (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS