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	Compulsive gambling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop.
		According to the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery Recent evidence indicates that pathological gambling is an addiction similar to chemical addiction.
		According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, incidence of problem gambling is 2-3% and pathological gambling is 1% in the United States, though this may vary by country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Compulsive_gambling (1088 words)

	Gambling Addiction
		Gambling generally started early in teen years, and the individual is generally very bright, testing high on IQ tests.
		Gambles as a way of escaping from problems or of relieving feelings of helplessness, guilt, anxiety or depression or to escape physical pain.
		Gambling, unlike some other addictions, is can be hidden, and there is no overdose in a literal sense.
	topcondition.com /images/mymindfield/gambling_addiction.htm (1648 words)

	Gambling Addiction: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment
		In the broadest sense, addictive or pathological gambling is gambling behavior which causes disruptions in any major area of life: psychological, physical, social or vocational.
		In action gambling, the gambler is addicted to the thrill of risk-taking as his or her “substance of choice,” much in the same way that a cocaine addict is hooked on cocaine.
		Although the causes of pathological gambling are not known for certain, researchers have made many observations about the dynamics of the disease and the personality profiles of those who succumb to it.
	www.helpguide.org /mental/gambling_addiction.htm (2973 words)

	Gambling With Addiction
		Estimates of the percentage of people with gambling addictions range from 1% to 4%, and one-third of all gamblers are believed to be women.
		Tavares, who is with the Addiction Center at the University of Calgary in Alberta, presented his research at the recent annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association held in New Orleans.
		Gambling addiction expert Nancy Petry, PhD, tells WebMD that the findings of a later age of onset and more rapid progression to seeking treatment roughly mirror what she and other researchers looking at gender differences among gamblers have found.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/16/1728_79814 (1247 words)

	Stop Compulsive Gambling Addiction with Education
		Gambling is the wagering of money where the end result is uncertain and the individual is willing to take a chance.
		Addiction is a craving that develops into a dependency to repeat a certain behavior over and over with out regard for the outcome.
		People who are close to you, who have developed a compulsive gambling addiction will not show signs until a majority of their resources have been depleted.
	www.compulsive-gambling-addiction.org /education.htm (689 words)

	Gambling Addiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Gambling is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States.
		Gambling, and thinking about gambling are associated with the pleasant experience mediated by the pleasure center, and a craving for gambling results.
		Gambling addiction follows a progression, like any other addiction, and it is often maintained by defenses that keep the addict from confronting the problem.
	www.egetgoing.com /drug_addiction/gambling_addiction.asp (269 words)

	Compulsive gambling - MayoClinic.com
		Gambling odds, as the saying goes, are stacked in favor of the house.
		Gambling results in hundreds of billions of dollars in annual wagers — and, for some people, a big problem with compulsive gambling, an addiction.
		Many people are able to control their compulsive gambling after receiving treatments with medications and psychotherapy, and with the aid of self-help groups.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/compulsive-gambling/DS00443 (262 words)

	No Gambling! - Gambling Addiction › News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Addiction is a compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its consequences.
		Addiction is now narrowly defined as "uncontrolled, compulsive use despite harm"; if there is no harm to the patient or another party, there is no addiction.
		It is frequently noted that certain addictions "run in the family," and while researchers continue to explore the extent of genetic influence, there is strong evidence that genetic predisposition is often a factor in dependency.
	www.no-gambling.com (2480 words)

	Gambling addiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Many people are able to control their gambling urges after receiving treatments with medications and psychotherapy, and with the aid of self-help groups.
		The younger the age you begin to gamble, the greater the likelihood that you'll develop an addiction to gambling.
		Because denial is nearly always a characteristic of addictive behavior, it may be difficult for you to recognize a gambling addiction and to seek help on your own.
	www.prescriptiondrugchat.com /showthread.php?t=1353 (1307 words)

	Gambling Addiction
		In fact, it is possible that the broader impacts that problem and pathological gambling may have on the health and welfare of individuals, families, and communities may suggest the utility of developing a more comprehensive approach within the Department of Health and Human Services to transform scientific findings into other programmatic activity.
		NIDA’s is concerned with pathological gambling as a non-pharmacological addiction, and is examining several relevant biological systems for clues to underlying factors that could then be targets for intervention.
		For many persons, gambling is an interesting and enjoyable activity, with no or minimal adverse effects on their finances, work, or relationships with family members and others.
	www.hhs.gov /asl/testify/t990630a.html (1720 words)

	Gambling: When Is It a Problem? -- familydoctor.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Gambling usually causes problems with their work, school or relationships.
		Many experts think that pathologic gambling is an addiction because of the "rush" you feel when you win and lose money.
		However, pathologic gambling can be hard to treat because you may not want to tell others about your problem.
	familydoctor.org /x2104.xml (307 words)

	gambling addiction
		Gambling treatment is needed to bring the gambling under control.
		But pathological gambling is a brain disease that is chemically and genetically driven, just as addictive as crack cocaine in certain individuals.
		The individual gambles as a way of escaping from problems or of relieving a dysphoric mood (i.e., feeling of helplessness, guilty, anxiety, and depression).
	www.robertperkinson.com /gambling-treatment.htm (919 words)

	"The Bookie of Virtue" by Joshua Green
		According to a 1998 study commissioned by the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, residents within 50 miles of a casino are twice as likely to be classified as "problem" or "pathological" gamblers than those who live further away.
		A review of one 18-month stretch of gambling showed him visiting casinos, often for two or three days at a time (and enjoying a line of credit of at least $200,000 at several of them).
		When reminded of studies that link heavy gambling to divorce, bankruptcy, domestic abuse, and other family problems he has widely decried, Bennett compared the situation to alcohol.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /features/2003/0306.green.html (1592 words)

	Dateline Interactive Quiz: Gambling
		Gamblers Anonymous has developed a list of 20 questions that it uses to help individuals decide whether they have a gambling problem.
		This addiction afflicts 12 million people, according to the Council on Compulsive Gambling, a research group.
		The folks at G.A. stress that the questions below are not a "test" but guidelines that have been developed over the organization's 41-year history to help people determine if they are in trouble.
	www.msnbc.com /onair/nbc/dateline/gambling (277 words)

	Bill Bennett: The bookmaker of virtues. By Michael Kinsley - Slate Magazine
		Empower America, one of Bennett's several shirt-pocket mass movements, officially opposes the spread of legalized gambling, and the Index of Leading Cultural Indicators, one of Bennett's cleverer PR conceits, includes "problem" gambling as a negative indicator of cultural health.
		Admittedly, the gambling itself is probably no more than Aquinas' "wood, hay and stubble," but I doubt that it's wise for the right hand to chastise the wayward flock while the left is drawing for an inside straight.
		There's some truth in that, but their own unwillingness to take a moral stand (beyond "hypocrisy is bad," which is dubious as a moral proposition) tends to reduce the force of their objection to a simple taunt.
	www.slate.com /id/2082526 (2181 words)

	Gambling Addiction
		Included are the differences between casual social gambling and pathological gambling and the three phases of gambling addiction.
		South Oaks Gambling Screen and the 20 Questions that Gamblers Anonymous asks its new members.
		Also included are Dr. Robert L. Custer's six types of gamblers and a section on identifying problem gambling in the workplace.
	www.addictionrecov.org /addicgam.htm (324 words)

	Gambling Intervention & Addiction
		Gambling addiction is a compulsive obsession with gambling that interferes with normal living.
		It may be helpful when talking with your loved one, to have a third party present that is professionally trained and knowledgeable about gambling addiction.
		Addiction Intervention Resources moves your family out of crisis and assists in addressing your loved one’s gambling addiction.
	www.addictionintervention.com /addiction/gambling.asp (285 words)

	Gambling Addiction & Your Health on MedicineNet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Eric Geffner, PhD, a certified California gambling counselor in Los Angeles, emphasizes that compulsive gambling is a medical disorder; the brains of pathological gamblers actually look different under a microscope than those of nongamblers.
		But unlike other addictions such as alcoholism, an addiction to gambling can be difficult to spot.
		Far more gamblers might be identified, he says, if physicians administered a simple two-page gambling screening questionnaire to patients complaining of diffuse problems related to stress and anxiety.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=50787 (1014 words)

	Gambling Addiction - Counselor Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She is an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, a state- and nationally certified compulsive gambling counselor, and a clinical supervisor for the National Council on Problem Gambling in Washington, D.C. The combination of her legal and mental health expertise gives her a unique perspective in understanding this issue.
		With gambling, there is no physiological dependence on a substance, though the psychological dependence and differential effects of the behavior on the individual can generate those changes on PET scans.
		What concerns me is that any state, province, or country that’s going to legalize gambling has a social obligation to provide enough money for counseling and research to offset the level of devastation to the 1.7 percent of the population and their families who will invariably be affected in a permanent way.
	www.counselormagazine.com /pfv.asp?aid=aug04Gambling.htm (3770 words)

	Gambling Addiction—Overview of A Pressing Social Problem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Pathological gambling is defined as “the inability to resist impulses to gamble, leading to severe personal or social consequences.” In other words, a gambling addiction is very similar to any other addiction, be it caffeine, drugs, alcohol, or nicotine.
		The first item discussed is different types of gambling and the win/loss statistics of different types of gambling.
		These articles focus on the psychological and individual nature of gambling addiction, as well as its socioeconomic and political nature, how it relates to the law and who among the American population is most likely to become a gambling addict.
	www.toomanybets.com (248 words)

	Gambling addiction Q&A
		Unlike chemical addiction, pathological gambling is a hidden disease gamblers do not stumble, have needles in their arm, or smell of cards and dice.
		Many pathological gamblers will gamble to lose in the desperation phase of their addiction, because it is the action they seek, not the money.
		The physician is needed to assess these patients for the frequent incidence of cross addiction to drugs and alcohol, for potential drug withdrawal, and for potential suicidal tendencies associated with the depression that most patients experience.
	www.addictionrecov.org /qandagam.htm (1170 words)

	Gambling Addiction Resembles Brain Problem
		They say it's possible that gambling addiction is associated with impairments in the brain's prefrontal cortex, affecting the ability of gamblers to consider future consequences before taking action.
		If brain impairment is involved, there are "clear implications" for medications and therapies for gambling addiction, says Manes in a news release.
		Those with a gambling addiction made "disadvantageous choices" on the decision-making task.
	www.webmd.com /content/Article/104/107431.htm (328 words)

	Gambling Addiction
		The Canada Safety Council has made problem gambling its target for November’s National Community Safety and Crime Prevention campaign, working in partnership with the Problem Gambling Project at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
		Addiction to gambling is linked to a range of serious personal and social harms such as depression and suicide, bankruptcy, family breakup, domestic abuse, assault, fraud, theft, and even homelessness.
		That is why the Canada Safety Council considers gambling addiction a community safety and crime prevention issue.
	www.safety-council.org /info/community/gambling-addict.html (364 words)

	LIFE WORKS \| Our programmes \| Individual Programmes \| Gambling Addiction
		Problem gambling can affect significant areas of a person’s life, including health, social, employment/school, financial, legal, and family relationships.
		These behaviours have noticeable negative effects in areas of their life, such as excessive debt, marital problems or illegal activity to fund their addiction.
		Our goal at Life Works is to facilitate the client's understanding of the underlying causes of their disorder which helps them break free from the cycle of addiction whilst working towards self-acceptance and a life free from the compulsion to gamble.
	www.lifeworkscommunity.com /programmes/gambling_addiction.asp (198 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Gambling
		Gambling, the wagering of money on games of chance, is a popular form of recreation throughout the world.
		Of all net non-charity gambling revenue in 2002, lotteries accounted for 27 per cent, casinos 34 per cent and VLTs 23 per cent.
		Gambling in Canada: A Report by the National Council of Welfare (Winter 1996)
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/gambling (265 words)

	Gambling Addiction on MedicineNet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		But "certainly for people who are hooked on gambling, this new wave can and will have negative consequences," she says.
		With most addictions and addictive personalities, the younger the behavior starts the more likely it will continue because they lack inner resources, Mandel says.
		Sure, "playing poker may start out as exciting and glamorous, but children need to be reminded of the positive pay off of hard work and the [resulting] feelings of accomplishment," she stresses.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=50460 (848 words)

	Gambling Addiction and Problem Gambling
		If you or a loved one is a Problem Gambler we want you to know that the cycle of gambling addiction can be broken.
		Gregory L. Jantz has worked with individuals from around the world who struggle with all types of addictions, including Gambling Addiction.
		At The Center we practice the "Whole Person Approach" to counseling for those who are compulsive or problem gamblers.
	www.aplaceofhope.com /gambling.html (397 words)

	Compulsive Gambling Addiction A Gambler's Story
		Gambler’s need to know their weaknesses and strength’s when it comes to gambling or they shouldn’t bet.
		The only secret to gambling is to be a smart and wise gambler.
		In the gambling world there are two ways to be a winner.
	www.compulsive-gambling-addiction.org /gamblingweak.htm (324 words)

	Bingo Advantage Directory - Online Gambling Addiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The National Council on Problem Gambling is the national advocate for programs and services to assist problem gamblers and their families.
		NCPG's mission is to increase public awareness of pathological gambling, ensure the widespread availability of treatment for problem gamblers and their families, and to encourage research and programs for prevention and education.
		The Responsible Gambling Council helps individuals and communities address gambling in a healthy and responsible way, with a strong emphasis on the prevention of gambling related problems.
	links.bingoadvantage.com /categories/addiction (287 words)

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