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 ...

Support for those struggling with all forms of gambling addiction is being prioritized with the help of a local behavioral health facility in St. Joseph.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island Gamblers Anonymous (GA) and Gam-Anon will hold a joint open meeting on Sunday, Oct. 20, for anyone who thinks they or a loved one might have a gambling problem. GA ...

Q. I see lots of seniors in casinos. They come in by the busload. I was wondering whether older people have more problems with gambling than younger people? A. About 1 percent of all adults in the ...