Pathological Gambling (Compulsive Gambling), a medical disorder.
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 22:45:59
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 3 pages (870 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 3 pages (870 words)
Gambling is becoming more and more popular in today's society as it is gradually becoming more legalized over the United States and other countries. However this may seem to bring no threat to most people, there does exist a disease within gambling that targets a significant number of people and is the result of gambling addiction. Like many other addictions, gambling is one that can lead to a medical disorder known as compulsive gambling or …
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…to the society if no action is taken.
References
*<Tab/>Irk Johnson, "More Casinos, More Players Who Lose it All" New York Times, 25 September 1995, p.A1.
*<Tab/>Rick Zehr, "The Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery", 2004. http://www.addictionrecov.org/aboutgam.htm.
*<Tab/>Ed Looney, "The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey", 2003. http://www.800gambler.org/.
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