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Overview

Nancy M. Petry was affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily focused on fields related to psychology and clinical psychology, with particular attention to gambling behavior and treatments.

The scientist contributed to the body of knowledge through publications in recognized venues. One notable recent paper is titled Problem Gambling, published in 2023 in the PsycTHERAPY Dataset.

  • Problem Gambling (2023), PsycTHERAPY Dataset

Their main fields of study included:

  • Psychology

and within the subfields:

  • Clinical Psychology

The research topics addressed by this scientist encompassed:

  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments

Their work appeared primarily in the following publication venue:

  • PsycTHERAPY Dataset

Best Publications

  • Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.

    Kris N. Kirby;Nancy M. Petry;Warren K. Bickel

  • Comorbidity of DSM-IV pathological gambling and other psychiatric disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

    Nancy M. Petry;Frederick S. Stinson;Bridget F. Grant

  • DSM-5 Criteria for Substance Use Disorders: Recommendations and Rationale

    Deborah S. Hasin;Charles P. O’Brien;Marc Auriacombe;Guilherme Borges

  • Impulsive and self-control choices in opioid-dependent patients and non-drug-using control patients: Drug and monetary rewards.

    Gregory J. Madden;Nancy M. Petry;Gary J. Badger;Warren K. Bickel

  • An international consensus for assessing internet gaming disorder using the new DSM-5 approach

    Nancy M. Petry;Florian Rehbein;Douglas A. Gentile;Jeroen S. Lemmens

  • Delay discounting of money and alcohol in actively using alcoholics, currently abstinent alcoholics, and controls.

    Nancy M. Petry

  • Heroin and cocaine abusers have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than alcoholics or non‐drug‐using controls

    Kris N. Kirby;Nancy M. Petry

  • Overweight and obesity are associated with psychiatric disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

    Nancy M. Petry;Danielle Barry;Robert H. Pietrzak;Julie A. Wagner

  • Pathological gambling severity is associated with impulsivity in a delay discounting procedure.

    S.M Alessi;N.M Petry

  • Internet gaming disorder and the DSM‐5

    Nancy M. Petry;Charles P. O'Brien

  • Substance abuse, pathological gambling, and impulsiveness

    Nancy M Petry

  • Pathological gamblers, with and without substance use disorders, discount delayed rewards at high rates

    Nancy M. Petry

  • Give them prizes, and they will come: contingency management for treatment of alcohol dependence.

    Nancy M. Petry;Bonnie Martin;Judith L. Cooney;Henry R. Kranzler

  • Prevalence of Internet gaming disorder in German adolescents: diagnostic contribution of the nine DSM-5 criteria in a state-wide representative sample.

    Florian Rehbein;Sören Kliem;Dirk Baier;Thomas Mößle

  • Shortened time horizons and insensitivity to future consequences in heroin addicts

    Nancy M. Petry;Warren K. Bickel;Martha Arnett

  • A comprehensive guide to the application of contingency management procedures in clinical settings

    Nancy M. Petry

  • Effect of Prize-Based Incentives on Outcomes in Stimulant Abusers in Outpatient Psychosocial Treatment Programs: A National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Study

    Nancy M. Petry;Jessica M. Peirce;Maxine L. Stitzer;Jack Blaine

  • Gaming disorder: Its delineation as an important condition for diagnosis, management, and prevention

    John B. Saunders;Wei Hao;Jiang Long;Daniel L. King

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy for pathological gamblers.

    Nancy M. Petry;Yola Ammerman;Jaime Bohl;Anne Doersch

  • A Comparison of Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adult Treatment-Seeking Pathological Gamblers

    Nancy M. Petry

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Ledgerwood
David M. Ledgerwood Wayne State University
Jeremiah Weinstock
Jeremiah Weinstock Saint Louis University
Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University
Maxine L. Stitzer
Maxine L. Stitzer Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John M. Roll
John M. Roll Washington State University
Robert H. Pietrzak
Robert H. Pietrzak Yale University
Wayne Hall
Wayne Hall University of Queensland
Samuel A. Ball
Samuel A. Ball Yale University
Mark D. Litt
Mark D. Litt University of Connecticut Health Center
Hans-Jürgen Rumpf
Hans-Jürgen Rumpf University of Lübeck

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