PMID: 11905284Mar 22, 2002Paper

Pathological gambling. Identification and treatment

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
Don Ozga, John Brown

Abstract

1. Social gamblers view gambling as a form of entertainment or recreation and gamble with no harmful effects, while problem gamblers' behavior causes disruption or harm to themselves or others in major life areas. Pathological gamblers fail to resist the impulse to gamble, with the resulting loss of control in their gambling behavior. 2. Pathological gambling is a primary mental health disorder of impulse control. 3. Treatment for pathological gamblers should be individualized, and interventions should address both the gambling disorder and any comorbid disorders.

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