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Gambling Addiction and Problem Gambling: Signs, Help, and Treatment - 0 views

www.helpguide.org/...gambling_addiction.htm

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  • Julian Pendenza on 02 Mar 12
     
    This site explains the signs, symptoms, and treatment for a gambling addiction. I know this is a credible site because the authors are given at the bottom of the page with all their credentials. Also its an educational site with no advertisements stating on the top of the page that it is a non-profit source. Also it was last edited in january of 2012 which was recent.  And finally the both publishers are given and they both have a lot of experience in the field of Psychology
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BEATING THE ODDS - 1 views

perspect.siuc.edu/...gambling.html

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  • Every state except Utah and Hawai'i permits some form of gambling.
  • Not surprisingly, gambling losses have skyrocketed. Every year, American consumers blow more money on gambling than we spend on music, movies, professional sports, theme parks, and cruises combined, says Dixon—an estimated $68 billion in 2002, according to one source.
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      Julian Pendenza on 02 Mar 12
       
      Important fact
  • 1 percent
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  • 3 percent in the last 20 years
  • they are hugely in debt...and their families are in a shambles.
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      Julian Pendenza on 02 Mar 12
       
      One of the main problems of gambling
  • the most common treatment option for the problem, recorded a success rate of only 8 percent after two years of treatment. Therapy can boost the success rate considerably, but many people still don't respond well or simply don't have access to it.
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      Julian Pendenza on 02 Mar 12
       
      This is a reason of why this is such a big problem in today society
  • First, he's set up a "casino room" in his lab. This room, equipped with a one-way mirror for observing subjects, has slot machines, a roulette wheel, a craps table, and a poker table. No money is used to play these games, only tokens, but the physical experience of gambling is otherwise the same. (Research subjects do sometimes get extra course credit or gift cards as incentives for participating.)
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      Julian Pendenza on 02 Mar 12
       
      Procedure for expierement
  • • Immediate gratification.
  • • Irrational beliefs
  • Pathological gamblers "don't have rational discounting curves," says Dixon. "They would rather have smaller amounts of money immediately than more later.
  • Perceptions of winning and losing.
  • Impulsivity and the gambling environment.
  • The illusion of control
  • The fact that money isn't the only motivation for gambling is something that Dixon and his students know from the Gambling Intervention Program, which he began at SIUC in early 2005. This free eight-week program, closely modeled after a program developed by psychologist Nancy Petry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, is tailored to the individual.
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      Julian Pendenza on 02 Mar 12
       
      justification
  • Julian Pendenza on 02 Mar 12
     
    Behaviour research and its relation with Gambling, written by Marilyn Davis. Based on the research done by a professor of behaviour analysis and therapy with SIUC's rehabilitation Institution. This is a credible site because it is a ''.edu'' site which means educational organization. There for its a site whose purpose is to educate. Also it is a site created for the Southern Illinois University.
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