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Gambling Addiction Counseling
Pathological gambling is a persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior as indicated by five or more of the following criteria:
- The individual is preoccupied with gambling (i.e. preoccupied with reliving past gambling experiences, handicapping or planning the next venture, or thinking of ways to get money with which to gamble).
- The individual needs to gamble with increasing amounts of money in order to achieve the desired excitement.
- The individual has repeated unsuccessful efforts at stopping.
- The individual is restless or irritable with attempting to cut down.
- 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).
- The individual after losing money gambling, often returns another day to get even ("chasing" one's losses).
- The individual lies to family members, therapist, or others to conceal the extent of involvement with gambling.
- The individual has committed illegal acts such as forgery, fraud, theft, or embezzlement to finance gambling.
- The individual has jeopardized or lost a significant relationship, job, education or career opportunity because of gambling.
- The individual relies on others to provide money or relieve a desperate financial situation caused by gambling.
COMTREA certified staff helps people overcome this pathology and helps them restore their lives.
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