Sentences with phrase «pathological gambling ran»

«People have always thought pathological gambling ran in families − anecdotal evidence certainly suggested it.

«Pathological gambling runs in families.»

A study by University of Iowa researchers confirms that pathological gambling runs in families and shows that first - degree relatives of pathological gamblers are eight times more likely to develop this problem in their lifetime than relatives of people without pathological gambling.

«Our work clearly shows that pathological gambling runs in families at a rate higher than for many other behavioral and psychiatric disorders,» says Donald W. Black, MD, professor of psychiatry in the UI Carver College of Medicine.

Not exact matches

They found that 11 percent of the gambling relatives had pathological gambling themselves compared to 1 percent of the control relatives, which means that the odds are about eight times higher in gambling families for pathological gambling to run in those families compared to control families.

We hope that in the long run this can help us to develop new approaches to treat pathological gambling.»