Latest Behavioral addiction Stories

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The word ‘addiction’ was once reserved for the hardest and most dangerous of substances, and typically elicited an image of a person in a helpless and deplorable state of existence. Psychologists have since been testing the boundaries of this definition, finding examples of Internet addiction, gambling addictions and addictions to pornography and sex. Some have even discovered that the same portion of the brain that’s affected...

Aspire Indiana, Inc. has received $7,500 from the Indiana Division of Mental Health & Addiction to fund gambling prevention and awareness activities. Noblesville, IN (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 Aspire Indiana, Inc. has received $7,500 from the Indiana Division of Mental Health & Addiction to fund gambling prevention and awareness activities. Most of the funding for problem gambling has been directed at treatment rather than prevention. Problem gamblers are reluctant to seek services...

The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG) today celebrated its 25th Anniversary at a gala at the DoubleTree Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld, with over 100 attendees participating in the organization’s two day conference with field professionals, researchers, educators, recovering persons, policymakers, prevention specialists, and others, from within the state and across the country. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) April 05, 2013 The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG) today celebrated...

We have convened some of the state and nation’s experts to lead us through the evolution of problem gambling in the State, including pathways to the future. Conference attendees will learn about the latest research in the field, prevention and treatment approaches that work for diverse populations, and new and specialized programs and support services within Florida and across the country. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 Paul R. Ashe, Co-Founder and President, and Pat Fowler,...

National Poll Reveals Excessive Gambling Habits of Men and Women across the US NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningside Recovery, the leading addiction recovery center in Newport Beach, CA, today announced the results of a national survey which asked men and women across the country about their gambling behaviors and patterns. The poll surveyed over 1,030 men and women over the age of 18 on Gambling Addiction and revealed not only their gambling frequencies...

Study says early intervention is key to successful treatment of gambling To successfully treat pathological gambling, you need to intervene at an early stage, according to Susana Jiménez-Murcia from the University Hospital of Bellvitge in Spain and colleagues. Their study shows that a patient's age influences how severe the psychopathology and clinical aspects of pathological gambling are. Their work is published online in Springer's Journal of Gambling Studies. These days, access to...

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The state departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Revenue and Agriculture - along with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board - are working together during "Problem Gambling Awareness Week," March 3-9, to ensure that Pennsylvanians with gambling addiction problems know that help is available. "The Gaming Control Board urges individuals who think they may have a gambling problem and family members and friends of those...

Problem Gambling: A New Understanding of a Community Concern (PRWEB) January 29, 2013 Problem gambling is now classified as a behavioral addiction, according to the soon to be released Diagnostic Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) from the American Psychiatric Association. It was previously categorized as an impulse control disorder since its introduction into the DSMIII in 1980.     “This is significant,” says Keith Whyte, Executive Director of the...

PEKIN, Ill., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- About two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which has spurred awareness of food addiction around the country. Given the severity of the problem and the increasing national concern of the relationship between food and addiction, a center focus of new fields of research has developed. Given its rising importance to both sufferers and professionals who treat,...

Parkinson's disease itself does not increase the risk of impulse control problems such as compulsive gambling and shopping that have been seen in people taking certain drugs for Parkinson's disease, according to new research published in the January 8, 2013, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "We've known for some time that these behaviors are more common in people taking certain Parkinson's medications, but we haven't known if the disease...