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Objectives: To compare substance use, gambling behaviors and personality traits between two different groups of individuals with a gambling disorder (young and adult patients); to explore the contribution of sex, age and personality traits on substance use; and to evaluate the capacity of age and personality traits to predict substance use. Methods: The participants were 428 gambling disorder (GD) patients, divided into two groups based on age [55 young participants (age≤25 years) and 373 middle- to old-aged participants (age>25 years)]. All were consecutively admitted to a Psychiatry Department and diagnosed according to the DSM-IV criteria. In addition, the Diagnostic Questionnaire for Pathological Gambling according to DSM-IV criteria, the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R), and other clinical measures were used to examine gambling behaviors, substance use and personality. Results: When the two age groups were compared, statistically significant differences were observed in several sociodemographic variables. Furthermore, the younger GD patients presented higher rates of drug use (p=.010). Regarding the personality traits, differences were found only in the Novelty Seeking (NS) scale, where the younger patients presented elevated scores (p=.006). Higher scores (p=.022) in NS and lower ones (p=.028) in Self-Transcendence (ST) were the personality traits significantly associated with tobacco consumption (p=.003). However, only age was associated with other substance use (p=.003).

El siguiente trabajo analiza la relación existente entre el déficit de memoria verbal y los rasgos de esquizotipia psicométrica en una población no clínica de sujetos adolescentes. En este estudio transversal analítico participaron 139 estudiantes de Secundaria con edades comprendidas entres los 13 y los 16 años (media= 14,35; Des.Est.= 0,548). Tras pasar las pruebas O-LIFE (esquizotipia psicométrica), TAVEC (memoria verbal) y Subtest del WAIS-III de letras y números (memoria de trabajo), se analizaron los datos realizando correlaciones de Pearson y comparaciones de medias. Los resultados mostraron una ausencia de relación entre las medidas de esquizotipia y memoria de trabajo. En cambio, sí encontramos relaciones significativas entre las dimensiones de esquizotipia y memoria verbal. Nuestros resultados apoyan parcialmente la literatura revisada sobre este tema. Aun así, se sugiere profundizar en el estudio de la esquizotipia psicométrica como marcador de riesgo para la esquizofrenia The following study examines the relationship between verbal memory deficits and schizotypal traits measured psychometrically from a non- clinical adolescent population. In this transversal analytical study participated 139 subjects. They were secondary school students, with ages ranging from 13 to 16 years old (mean= 14, 35; Sta.Dev.= 0, 548). After administrating the scales O-LIFE (psychometrical schizotypy), CVLT (verbal memory), and Letters and Numbers subtest of WAIS-III (working memory), data was analyzed utilizing Pearson correlations and mean comparison test. Results showed lack of relations between schizotypy measures and working memory. Nonetheless, some of the O-LIFE dimensions correlated with verbal memory. These findings support partly the literature reviewed. Yet, more work focused on schizotypy and cognitive deficits as risk factors are suggested