People who attended Gamblers Anonymous gambled less often, showed increased readiness for change and enhanced coping skills, but appeared to fair better when Gamblers Anonymous was combined with other ...

Psychiatrist Robert Custer spent his life convincing doctors that compulsive gambling was not an impulse control problem. Today, his research is foundational for diagnosis and treatment.

Support for those struggling with all forms of gambling addiction is being prioritized with the help of a local behavioral ...

The day that Fred, a Las Vegas jazz pianist, drew his first weekly paycheck, he immediately lost it in a poker game. “It seems as if I’ve been trying to get that week’s pay back ever since,” says Fred ...

Help for problem gambling is just a text message away, thanks to new text support-services from the California Department of Public Health's (CDPH) Office of Problem Gambling and the California ...

Gamblers Anonymous, which has 1,400 chapters in the United States, offers this test to help people determine if they have a problem with gambling. Most compulsive gamblers answer yes to at least seven ...

Addiction specialists, treatment programs and 12-step recovery groups tell WBUR they’re seeing a rise in young adults — ranging from their late 20s to early 30s — seeking help for serious gambling ...

A new type of addict is showing up at Gamblers Anonymous meetings across the country: investors hooked on the market’s ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Shattered friendships and family relationships, alienation, self-loathing and insurmountable debt that can lead to criminal activity: Gambling addiction takes a toll on its ...