Pathological gambling is regarded as a treatable mental illness and addictive disorder. It first was recognized by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980.

Concerning crime and GD among young adults, Mestre-Bach et al. (2021) found that 36.0% of their sample of 808 young adults (ages 18-30 years) with gambling disorder had committed some form of a ...

All said they would welcome such questions. Gambling is on the rise, and gambling disorder is now recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).

The Committee on Social Security, Social Assistance, Children, Adolescents, and Families approved a bill that ensures ...

As a therapist who treats people with gambling problems, I’ve noticed a shift over the past few years – not only in the profile of the typical clients I treat, but also in the way their ...

Interestingly, pathological gambling was not lumped in with substance use disorders, although they share the same behavioral characteristics, because there was no physically addictive component. The ...

Like any addiction, gambling addiction boils down to faulty wiring: Those with a gambling disorder have less activity in the brain’s reward hub, which can push behavior to uncharacteristic extremes.