With the click of a mouse or touch of a mobile phone screen — in pyjamas or jeans — gambling is now at our fingertips 24/7 with Internet play. With this increased access to gambling, are online gamblers more prone ...
Mar 27, 2012
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Psychologists have traditionally characterized compulsive gambling as an "impulse control disorder," and treated it by addressing the patient's obsessive tendencies. But according to Prof. Pinhas Dannon of Tel Aviv University's ...
Mar 19, 2013
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With the lure of online gambling high during COVID-19 lockdowns—and SA gambling venues now reopening—partners and families of problem gamblers may be the first to see a problem emerging.
Jul 21, 2020
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(Medical Xpress)—University of Adelaide researchers are shedding light on the unique problems of video and internet gaming addiction, and say there's strong evidence to suggest that new treatments should be developed for ...
Apr 29, 2014
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A new systematic review published today by the scientific journal Addiction has found that globally, around one in every 400 adults (0.23% of the current general adult population) has sought help for gambling problems, either ...
Jul 13, 2022
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The manner that UK online gambling operators present information about the risk of play, required by the industry regulator, is 'ineffective and too difficult to find' researchers from the University of Warwick and CQUniversity ...
Mar 26, 2021
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Results of a new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health indicate that a developmental pattern of impulsiveness in young males is linked with gambling problems in late adolescence. Respondents ...
Nov 20, 2012
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In a study published in Nature Neuroscience, a team led by The Florey's Associate Professor Lucy Palmer found that the anterior lateral motor cortex—a part of the brain that plans physical movement—plays a major role ...
Nov 15, 2022
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Dopamine medications are effective in treating the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), but dopamine agonists can trigger impulsive-compulsive behaviors (ICBs), such as compulsive gambling, eating or shopping, in a ...
Oct 30, 2017
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While gambling is an accepted past-time in our community, having a problem with your gambling is not. There is also significant public stigma connected to seeking help for gambling problems – so much so, that it may stop ...
Nov 18, 2013
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