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(5pp) According to Gamblers Anonymous, compulsive
gambling is the obvious symptom of an emotional
disorder. The emotional factors involved are:
inability or unwillingness to accept reality
emotional insecurity, basic immaturity, and lack
of self-esteem. The gambler finds that he or she
is most comfortable when gambling. Many
psychiatrists feel that the gambler has an
underlying need for self-destruction.
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gambler finds that he or she is most comfortable when gambling. Many psychiatrists feel that the gambler has an underlying need for self-destruction. Biochemical Imbalance? According to Green (1998),
Eric Hollander, a professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital, thinks pathological gamblers have a biochemical imbalance in the brain. He looks to mood stabilizers and antidepressants to help them
kick the habit. Treatment Medication: Hollanders studies suggest that the brains of addicted gamblers often have unusually high levels of the chemical norepinephrine. He also thinks theres something wrong
with the gamblers "serotonina neurotransmitter" associated with impulsiveness. Hollander got striking results when he tested the drug fluvoxamine on 16 pathological gamblers. Seven of the 10 patients who completed the
eight-week trial quit gambling. New model: Lemanski (2000) states, that according to Dr. Joan Mathews-Larson, founder of the alternative Health Recovery Center, "The whole system (the AA model) is
antiquated because it isnt based on science." The basis for current "standard treatment" is religion-spirituality and talk-therapy. In his October 1996 Professional Counselor article "The War Is Over: Its Time
to Stop Squabbling," Richard A. Rawson suggests that it is time to move on: "For many in the substance abuse field, the disease controversy has centered on whether
addiction was a disease of the spirit, disease of the soul; disease of attitudes; or a scientifically defined disorder which could be studied using the scientific method and
treated with empirically derived techniques. This controversy has clearly been
resolved in favor of science. The anti-science zeitgeist, or mind-set, which pervaded
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