Gambling Disorder
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Gambling Disorder
- Persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior that intensifies when the individual is under stress.
- As the need to gamble increases, the individual may use any means required to obtain money to continue the addiction.
- Gambling behavior usually begins in adolescence, although compulsive behaviors rarely occur before young adulthood.
- The disorder usually runs a chronic course, with periods of waxing and waning.
- The disorder interferes with interpersonal relationships, social, academic, or
occupational functioning.
Predisposing factors to Gambling Disorder
- Biological influences
- Genetic: Increased incidence among family members
- Physiological: Abnormalities in neurotransmitter systems
- Dopaminergic neurotransmitter systems.
- Biochemical theories suggest that both winning and losing may stimulate the reward and pleasure centers of the brain, which could contribute to a persistent and repeated desire to gamble even though one is not winning.
- Psychosocial influences
- Loss of a parent before age 15
- Inappropriate parental discipline
- Exposure to gambling activities as an adolescent
- Family emphasis on material and financial symbols
- Lack of family emphasis on saving, planning, and budgeting
Treatment Modalities for Gambling Disorder
- Behavior therapy
- Cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Psychopharmacology
- S S R I’s
- Clomipramine
- Lithium
- Carbamazepine
- Naltrexone
- Gamblers Anonymous
- Organization modeled after A A
- Only requirement for membership is an expressed desire to stop gambling
- Reformed gamblers help others resist the urge to gamble.
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