61. Compulsive Gambling To meet the APA s diagnostic criteria for compulsive gambling, Like otheraddictive behaviors, compulsive gambling can affect many areas of your life, http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00443.html

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62. CNN - Compulsive Gambling A Genetic Disorder? - September 5, 1996 The research suggests compulsive gamblers share a gene that predisposes them According to the Council on compulsive gambling, 70 to 75 percent of those http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9609/05/born.gamblers/

Compulsive gambling a genetic disorder? September 5, 1996 Wed posted at: 4:35 a.m. EDT From Correspondent Lisa Price CHICAGO (CNN) A widely held theory that people may actually become addicted to gambling may now be more than speculation. New scientific research released Tuesday at a meeting in Chicago reveals that compulsive gambling may in fact be genetically founded. "Prior to today, we just go in and explain the signs, the symptoms, the progression," said Christopher Anderson of the Illinois Council on Problem and Compulsive Gambling. "This just underscores what we've been saying with sound, scientific, tangible evidence. In other words here's a snapshot of this illness." The research suggests compulsive gamblers share a gene that predisposes them to addictive behavior. "Environmental factors are important, psychological factors are important. It's a complex disorder. But genes also play a role and this is one of the genes," said Dr. David Comings of the City of Hope National Medical Center. The gene is called the D-2 receptor. In some people, it can be stimulated by alcohol, drugs, sex, food or lots of gambling.

63. Arnie And Sheila Wexler Associates / Compulsive Gambling Training, Responsible G Arnie and Sheila Wexler Associates offer compulsive gambling training, responsiblegaming programs for the gaming industries, workshops, and educational http://www.aswexler.com/

If you need help with a gambling problem, call 1-888-LAST-BET Compulsive Gambling and Related Addictions Training, Consultation, Responsible Gaming Programs and Treatment Services 213 Third Avenue Bradley Beach, NJ 07720 email: aswexler@aol.com Seeking Treatment? For information about obtaining treatment, please call 732-774-0019, or send an email to aswexler@aol.com For more information, contact Arnie and Sheila Wexler or call 1-888-LAST BET for confidential help for you or your family. Website feedback: contact the Webmaster

64. Problem Gambling, Compulsive Gambling, Counseling, Huntington, Suffolk County, L Offers a problem gamblers treatment program based in Long Island, New Yorkthrough the PedersonKrag Center the New York Council on Problem Gambling. http://www.gampro.org/

YOU ARE NOT ALONE The prevalence of problem gambling may be as high as 1% to 3% of the adult population ... approximately 2 to 8 million people in the United States alone!! Problem gambling affects the family as a whole, as well as each and every member. It disrupts family life through its negative financial consequences, the deterioration of basic trust between the gambler and other family members, and the loss of the problem gambler's ability to carry out his or her normal family roles and responsibilities. These developments in turn produce social, emotional, and even physical changes in the family's well-being. In adjusting to the impact of gambling addiction, family members may become increasingly isolated from each other and from their community. Family members often need help to recover from the impact of the problem gambler's behaviors as well as support in building a family environment that supports recovery for all family members. For every person with a gambling problem, an average of 10 people are adversely affected by the gambler's behavior. WARNING SIGNS Do you hide the rent or food money because your loved one gambles it away?

65. Office For Addictive Disorders for Addictive Disorders provides services to problem and compulsive gamblers.These services include the compulsive gambling Hot Line (see below), http://www.dhh.state.la.us/offices/page.asp?ID=23&Detail=3726

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67. Gambling.com - Compulsive Gambling Gambling.com does not encourage compulsive gambling. http://www.gambling.com/compulsive-gambling.htm

The best compulsive gambling sites listed at Gambling.com Online Gambling Poker Compulsive Gambling Sports Gambling ... Gambling Compulsive Gambling Gambling Addiction Gambling Industry Gambling Software Gambling Legal Top Casinos Card Gambling Casinos Online Best Casinos Gambling Game Slot Machine Game Gambling Gambling Tips Compulsive Gambling The online gambling industry does try to defend itself against the critics of compulsive gambling by stating that the majority of compulsive gamblers suffer from other addictions as well as gambling. Alcohol, drugs or a mental disability feature prominently. The National Gambling Effects Study Commission in 1999 stated that the overwhelming majority of Americans are able to gamble without any problem at all. After all, 80-85% of the US population gamble in a given year. There is concern over the attention that State governments pay to compulsive gambling and compulsive gamblers. Many remark that the state of Nevada (home to Vegas) and others spend little to no money dealing with the problem of compulsive gambling in their territories. After all, millions are spent on compulsive drug addiction and drugs are not even legal. Religious, social and anti-gambling organisations fear that too much money is spent on advertising and the accessibility of lottery machines in neighbourhood stores and not enough on curbing the problems that compulsive gambling Caution should be taken however when comparing compulsive gambling to the addiction to drugs and alcohol. The difference is that there is no ingestion. It is a compulsive behavioural disorder with relatively little known about the disease or its remedies. It is this nature of behavioural influence that has led many to question whether compulsive gambling is in fact a disease or irresponsibility. After all, in the US if you keep playing a slot machine for an hour, the law of averages and the State slot machine regulations dictate that you are set to return 93-98% of what you put in.

68. Keystone Drug Addiction, Alcoholism And Compulsive Gambling Treatment Center Drug addiction, alcoholism and compulsive gambling treatment center. http://www.keystonetreatment.com/

Home Drug Abuse Alcoholism Gambling Addiction ... Contact We can help you overcome addiction... We help addicts and alcoholics get clean and sober. Our addiction treatment services for alcoholism, drug abuse, and problem gambling, include outpatient and residential programs for adults and teens. Our staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, chemical dependency counselors, family counselors, clergy of all denominations, and a full time teacher. Our alcohol abuse, drug addiction, and compulsive gambling treatement programs are based on the 12-step philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gamblers Anonymous. Employee Assistance KeySolutions Overview My EAP Training Students ... E-Zine Archive Don't wait, call us today: (866)762-3766. We can help. At Keystone each patient is individually assessed to ensure that their needs will be addressed. Individual therapy, group therapy and family sessions provide each individual with opportunities to learn and practice the new skills of recovery from chemical dependency. We also offer special drug treatment tracts, such as methamphetamine addiction and inhalant abuse as well as dual diagnosis, Native American and other programs. Substance abuse treatment should be a highly individualized experience. No person has identical needs and we are constantly striving to make sure that we can adequately address the ever changing needs of our clients.

69. SupportPath.com: Compulsive Gambling SupportPath.com leads you to Internet resources for supportrelated informationon hundreds of health, personal, and relationship topics. http://www.supportpath.com/sl_g/gambling.htm

Compulsive Gambling Also called: Pathological gambling About Us Add-A-Link Email Gallery ... here Online Communities / Message Boards... None Listed Online Chats... Note: Regularly scheduled chats are listed on our NEW Online Events Calendar Links in this section are primarily to chat rooms open 24/7 which may or may not be moderated. None Listed Usenet Groups... Note: Your browser must be properly configured to access Usenet groups from this site. alt.recovery.addiction.gambling Website: news:alt.recovery.addiction.gambling Description: Usenet group for support. Date Added: 06/15/2002 Mailing Lists... None Listed National / International Organizations... UNITED STATES Gamblers Anonymous Website: http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/ Description: "a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem." Date Added: 05/20/2002 UNITED STATES National Council on Problem Gambling Website: http://www.ncpgambling.org/ Description: Date Added: 05/20/2002 Note: Groups are listed alphabetically by U.S. state and then country.

70. Dr. Koop - Compulsive Gambling compulsive gambling is the inability to resist impulses to gamble, leading tosevere personal or social consequences. http://www.drkoop.com/ency/93/001520.html

Home Health Reference Compulsive gambling Jul 29, 2005 Search: Dr.Koop MEDLINE Diseases Symptoms Procedures Natural Medicine ... Drug Library Inside DrKoop News Archive Animations Health Videos Health Tools ... Newsletters Compulsive gambling Injury Disease Nutrition Poison ... Prevention Compulsive gambling Definition: Compulsive gambling is the inability to resist impulses to gamble, leading to severe personal or social consequences. Alternative Names: Gambling - compulsive; Pathological gambling; Addictive gambling Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Pathological gambling affects 1-3% of adults, men more often than women. It usually begins in adolescence in men and later in women. This behavior usually progresses from occasional gambling to habitual gambling. The urge to gamble becomes so great that the tension can only be relieved by more gambling. Higher stakes and personal risks become involved, as well as neglect of other interests, family, and work. Severe family problems, financial ruin, and criminal behavior to support the gambling habit may result. The cause for this behavior is not known. One risk factor may be excessive alcohol use which lowers inhibitions and impairs judgment.

71. Gamblers Anonymous In The UK Are you a compulsive gambler? 20 questions to ask yourself. Questions and Answersabout Gamblers Anonymous and compulsive gambling. http://www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk/

Gamblers Anonymous (UK) Helpline: Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who have joined together to do something about their own gambling problem and to help other compulsive gamblers do the same. Are you having a problem controlling your gambling? Then start here: 1. Make a phone call to one of the numbers below 2. Get to a meeting Click here 3. Read some stories - see if there is one like yours. Click here 4. Check if you are a compulsive gambler. Click here Download the SPOKEN Questions and Answers booklet Click here Helplines Sheffield Manchester Birmingham Glasgow Belfast Latest Gamblers Anonymous has no connection in any way with any other agency or gambling related facility. We are not associated with ANY source of information and do not approve of advertising that gives the appearance of being linked to our site.. Are you a compulsive gambler?- 20 questions to ask yourself. Questions and Answers about Gamblers Anonymous and compulsive gambling. Are you living with a compulsive gambler? Information about GamAnon. Where are the meetings ... Share others' stories (add yours if you wish) Just for Today (to read and download) Wheel of Misfortune (to read and download) The media Information for students.

72. Compulsive Gambling - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negativeconsequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_gambling

Wikimedia needs your help in the final day of its fund drive. See our fundraising page Over US$240,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August. Thank you for your generosity! Compulsive gambling From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals is problem gambling, as few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others rather than by the gambler's behavior. Severe problem gambling may be diagnosed as clinical pathological gambling if the gambler meets certain criteria. Contents Pathological Gambling Incidence See also External links ... edit Pathological Gambling Extreme cases of problem gambling may cross over into the realm of mental disorders. Pathological gambling was recognized as a psychiatric disorder in the DSM-III, but the criteria were significantly reworked based on large-scale studies and statistical methods for the DSM-IV . Pathological gambling is now defined as persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior meeting at least five of the following criteria, as long as these behaviors are not better explained by a

73. Compulsive Gambling Help Guide compulsive gambling is a progressive behavior disorder in which a person has a compulsive gambling starts quietly. If the compulsive gamblers starts out http://www.bingogang.com/bingo_articles/bingo_compulsive_gambling.jsp

74. Psych Central - Treatments For Compulsive Gambling There are a wide variety of treatment approaches to compulsive gambling, includingGamblers Anonymous, psychotherapy and medications. http://psychcentral.com/library/gambling_tx.htm

home resource directory disorders quizzes ... support forums Treatments for Compulsive Gambling Scott Teitelbaum, M.D., Drew W. Edwards, M.S. and Mark S. Gold, M.D. 6 Feb 2001 If you have a gambling problem, call the Gambling State Hotline or Gamblers Anonymous Hotline and enlist the support of others who have the same problem. This is paramount. Many compulsive gamblers go through terrifying experiences before they are ready for help. The compulsive gambler needs to be willing to accept the fact that he has lost control over gambling and has a sincere desire to get well. Be honest with family members. Tell them the truth because secrets will eventually come out. Enlist the support of family, friends and religious groups. Also, stop gambling; recovery from this illness is impossible if you are actively engaged in gambling. Treatment Options Initial treatment necessitates the involvement of people with expertise in the treatment of compulsive gambling. Most counselors in this area will certainly recommend involvement with Gamblers Anonymous. Your doctor will assess the nature of your gambling problem as well as other potential related psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse or other addictive disorders, and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which may impact your efforts at recovery. He may prescribe medications to treat these disorders in addition to addressing your gambling problem.

75. Psych Central - An Introduction To Compulsive Gambling compulsive gambling can destroy social, personal and occupational or educationalperformance. http://psychcentral.com/library/gambling.htm

home resource directory disorders quizzes ... support forums An Introduction to Compulsive Gambling Scott Teitelbaum, M.D., Drew W. Edwards, M.S. and Mark S. Gold, M.D. 6 Feb 2001 Although gambling does not produce the cognitive or physical impairment associated with alcohol or drug abuse, an obsession with gambling can be just as devastating. Compulsive gambling can destroy social, personal and occupational or educational performance. Compulsive gambling is considered a form of addiction. The term addiction is usually reserved to explain a compulsive attraction or pathological attachment to a substance, normally a drug. However, we now recognize that some behaviors can be addicting, such as eating, sex and gambling. All addiction is characterized by loss of control, preoccupation, compulsivity, narrowing of interests, dishonesty, guilt and chronic relapse. Addictions to behavioral processes are called process addictions. The process of engaging in these behaviors leads to typical addiction symptoms (withdrawal, tolerance, heightened excitement or euphoria). Process addictions are more common among children of alcoholics or addicts, recovering alcoholics or addicts, or current alcoholics or addicts. Like other addictions, in many cases there are no correlations with high risk situations or history it just happens.

76. Compulsive Gambling For those with bipolar disorder (manic depression), gambling may, during manicepisodes, become a serious problem even to the extent of compulsive gambling http://bipolar.about.com/od/compulsivegambling/

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77. Intervention Center - Addiction Diagnoses compulsive gambling / Gambling Addiction Self Diagnosis. Questions to help youdetermine if you are a compulsive gambler - From Gamblers Anonymous http://www.intervention.com/defns.html

78. Compulsive Gambling In Michigan - Final Report - 1997 What are the Characteristics of Gambling and compulsive gambling? — 10 Appendix B Survey Form for Michigan Survey of compulsive gambling (Included in A http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/pubs/1997TOC.htm

Compulsive Gambling in Michigan Final Report Table of Contents This Table of Contents is provided to allow linking to the separate Adobe Acrobat PDF sections of the Final Report. The page numbers refer to the pages in the published document. Because of the size of the report, sections of the report are packaged together to allow reasonable and convenient download sizes. Sections in the Table of Contents that are not linked, are included with one of the other sections of the report. The files range in size from 9 KB to 92 KB. Cover Acknowledgments iii Executive Summary v Literature Review The Literature Review Process What Are the Gambling Trends? What are the Characteristics of Gambling and Compulsive Gambling? In What Ways Has our Understanding of Gambling Problems Grown and Changed? Table 6. Characteristics Associated with Compulsive Gamblers How Good are the Completed Studies Summary and Implications for this Michigan Study Endnotes Focus Group Report The Detroit Focus Group Compulsive Gamblers The Kalamazoo Focus Group University Students State Police Focus Group Therapists and Counselors Focus Group Focus Groups Summary A Survey of Gambling Behaviors in Michigan Characteristics of the Sample Results (Survey Tables 7-18) Detailed Results Results for Problem Gamblers Summary References Appendix A: Research data and sources used in development of Figures 1-4 of the Literature Review Appendix B: Survey Form for Michigan Survey of Compulsive Gambling (Included in A Survey of Gambling Behaviors in Michigan

79. Compulsive Gambling - Christian, Recovery Support Groups Inner City, Urban Ministry sponsors Overcomers Outreach, which provides 12step,addiction recovery group support for recovering compulsive gamblers. http://www.tgsrm.org/Gambling.html

P.O. Box 280035 Tampa, FL 33682 info@tgsrm.org Home Site Map What We Believe About The Founder ... Contact Us The individual who is experiencing a slow but steady loss of control over gambling behavior is facing a problem that can ruin the lives of up to ten or twelve other people, including his/her own, family's, friends', and work associates. Relationships deteriorate as the gambling results in serious neglect of other areas of life. The urge to gamble becomes more frequent, more insistent. Jobs and the welfare of the family become jeopardized as the gambler becomes caught in a web of obsession that leaves room for little else. The gambling behavior progresses until the gambler is alienated from others, depressed, possibly unemployed, even suicidal. At this point, the gambler may realize that his/her life is falling apart. He or she may desperately wish to change but fears that he/she cannot. Perhaps he/she has tried to quit many times before, but found the desire for "action" to be overwhelming. The gambler, who can be male or female, of any age, race or religion, has tried to use "will power" to stay away from those horse races, casinos, lotteries, bingo, dice, sports events, the stock market or any other gambling situation. His/her previous failures to do so cause despair. This is called "hitting bottom", and it is at this point that the gambler becomes willing to turn to outside help ...

80. Discovery Health :: Diseases & Conditions :: Compulsive Gambling Disorder compulsive gambling is a disorder in which a person cannot control his or herurge to gamble. Gambling is any betting or wagering carried out for oneself or http://health.discovery.com/encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=2832&page=1

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