Nancy Petry's impact on the gambling disorder field: Mechanisms, treatment, and the DSM-5.

The gambling disorder field has grown substantially in the past few decades, with an explosion of research in numerous areas. Dr. Nancy Petry has been one of the pioneers in this field who helped to influence both its growth and its direction. This review describes Dr. Petry's lasting legacy on the gambling field through her influence on three primary areas: gambling disorder mechanisms of delay and probability discounting; treatment efficacy and effectiveness; and her role in the development of the DSM-5 criteria for gambling disorder. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).