Psychiatrists Have New Term for Compulsive Gambling: Behavioral Addiction

Published March 28, 2013

Psychiatrists Have New Term for Compulsive Gambling: Behavioral Addiction

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In May psychiatrists will start referring to gambling addiction instead as a behavioral addiction, the first disorder in that newly created category of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the textbook for psychiatry that's …
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The Painful Truth About Prescriptions

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… 16,651 in 2010, according to statistics released last month — has tripled since 1999 and is now greater than fatalities from heroin and cocaine combined. For every fatality, there are 35 emergency-room visits and 161 other reports of abuse or …
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