Not exact matches
«To study the properties of the games themselves and
how they relate to
problem gambling, we have focussed on two psychological distortions that occur across many forms of
gambling: «near - miss» outcomes (where a loss looks similar or «close» to a jackpot win) and the «gambler's fallacy» (for example, believing that a run of heads means that a tail is «due», in a game of chance).
Advances in brain imaging techniques mean we are now able to pinpoint the precise brain regions involved in the near - miss effect and identify
how they interact with people's vulnerability to
problem gambling.»
Knowing
how it all ends is the main
problem with a lot of
gambling movies, and Win It All is no exception.
This book is a cure, a cure on
how to overcome
gambling addiction, but first of all,
how to admit that you have a
problem.
Problem gambling is when a person is unable to limit
how much time and money they spend on
gambling.
It is important to know where to get help, but also
how to work out if your social
gambling has become a
problem.
Would not surprise me to see
how it's treated change in the years to come as «
gambling» in games is becoming a
problem.
It's important for people experiencing
gambling problems or other expressions of addiction to consider
how their life histories, especially traumatic experiences, might be influencing their current behavior.
Based on the Canadian
Problem Gambling Index (Ferris & Wynne, 2001), the self - assessment quiz allows you to consider how your gambling campares to a measure of risk around g
Gambling Index (Ferris & Wynne, 2001), the self - assessment quiz allows you to consider
how your
gambling campares to a measure of risk around g
gambling campares to a measure of risk around
gamblinggambling.
The selected course,
How Working in a Gaming Venue Can Lead to
Problem Gambling, is not currently available for public view.
This week, as part of our Special Series on
Gambling Disorder, STASH reviews a study by Nancy Petry and colleagues that explores how to reduce gambling - related problems among people in substance use tr
Gambling Disorder, STASH reviews a study by Nancy Petry and colleagues that explores
how to reduce
gambling - related problems among people in substance use tr
gambling - related
problems among people in substance use treatment.
People start on the path to pathological
gambling for many reasons — financial
problems, the gambler's fallacy, upbringing, etc. — but what determines whether one will become a
problem gambler is
how one deals with the addictiveness of
gambling and the emotions
gambling evokes.
Learning more about
how comorbidity might complicate
gambling - related
problems will better inform
how we address these
problems.
His research examines the neurochemical basis of
problem gambling and
how alterations in brain chemistry influence
gambling reinforcement in
problem gamblers and non-
problem gamblers.
These findings underscore the need to address comorbid depression in assessment and treatment of
problem gambling and for continued research on
how problem gambling is related to frequently co-occurring disorders such as depression.