People with pathological gambling often feel ashamed and try to avoid letting others know of their problem.
A psychiatric evaluation and history can be used to diagnose pathological gambling.
Treatment for people with pathological gambling begins with recognizing the problem.
A few studies have been done on medications for the treatment of pathological gambling.
However, people with pathological gambling can do very well with the right treatment.
Exposure to gambling may increase the risk of developing pathological gambling.
Intervention at the earliest signs of pathological gambling may prevent the disorder from getting worse.
It has already established a (mostly) independent center to fund research into pathological gambling.
In my previous role as the chief executive of a public health authority, I opened a specialist department for pathological gambling.
The doses tested for treating pathological gambling were between 25-100 mg per day.
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