Gambling Addiction Center - Hoboken, NJHoboken Psychiatrist Doctors for Gambling AddictionType of Physician: Psychiatrist What is a Psychiatrist? A certification by the Board of Psychiatry & Neurology; practitioners are skilled in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental, addictive and emotional disorders. He or she is trained to understand the biological, psychological and social components of illness and is qualified to order diagnostic laboratory tests and to prescribe medications, as well as to evaluate and treat psychological and interpersonal problems. The psychiatrist is also prepared to intervene with individuals and families who are coping with stress, crises, and other problems in living. Specialty: Psychiatry Common Name: Psychiatrist Doctors in Hoboken * Michael B Jackson MD  Alvaro M Gutierrez MD  Joel Price MD  Hudson Psychiatric Associates LLC  Hudson Psychiatric Associates LLC  Hudson Psychiatric Associates LLC  Pascale Moraille MD  Gabriel Kaplan MD & Associates  Palisade Behavioral Care  Palisade Behavioral Care  Palisade Behavioral Care  Palisade Behavioral Care  Jersey City Medical Center Psychiatry  Jersey City Medical Center Psychiatry  Jersey City Medical Center Psychiatry  Jersey City Medical Center Psychiatry  Nicholas A Marchese MD  Apex Medical Associates PA  Jersey City Medical Center Psychiatry  Nimer M Iskandarani MD  Oscar Sandoval MD  Leonie Johnson MD  Charles Carluccio MD  Gayol Padron MD  Edgewater Psychiatry  Ronald X Spinapolice MD  Seung H Lee MD  Eric Gewolb MD  Emmanuel Hriso MD  Emmanuel Hriso MD  Jacob Jacoby MD  David Brozyna MD  Comprehensive Behavioral Health Care  Andrew Razin MD  Justine Kent MD  Bella Shapnik MD  Joseph C Napoli MD  Mt Carmel Guild Mental Health  Chiang L Lin MD  Robert T Latimer MD  North Jersey Behavioral Medicine  Jose Gomez Riviera MD  Sharad Wagle MD  Center Of Revitalizing Psychiatry PC  Center Of Revitalizing Psychiatry PC  Kathy Yoo MD  Edward Farkas MD  Hackensack University Medical Center  Diego Coira MD  Bindu C Khanna MD  Harvey Kranzler MD  Mercedes Paine MD  Psychiatric Associates  Robert J Chalemian MD PA  Robert J Chalemian MD PA  Psychiatric Associates  Psychiatric Associates  Sang W Yoo MD  Gerald Meyerhoff MD  Drs Gurland & Gurland  Peter Martindale MD  Leslie Nagy MD  University Hospital Psychiatry Department  University Behavioral Health Center  University Behavioral Health Center  University Behavioral Health Center  University Hospital Psychiatry Department  University Hospital Psychiatry Department  University Behavioral Health Center  Steven J Schleifer MD  New Jersey Physical Medicine& Rehabilitation  University Behavioral Health Center  NJ Family Practice Center  Drs Logvinenko  Mental Health Clinic Passaic  Stanley D Machlin MD  Sonia I Oquendo MD & Samiris Sostre MD  Paul Rosenbaum MD  Sonia I Oquendo MD & Samiris Sostre MD  Naomi Greenblatt MD LLC  Lee Hindin MD  Edmund Chaitman MD  Nathaniel Donson MD  Morton Fridman MD  Eugene Friedberg MD  Michael R Milano MD  Ronni L Seltzer MD  Sheldon Weiser DO  Alan S Brown MD  Anna Burton MD  Alexander Caemmerer Jr. MD  Stanley Heller MD  Teruko S Neuwalder MD  Psychoeducational Associates  Harvey R Chertoff MD  Luis Handel MD  Paul E Schneck MD  Robert S Schumeister MD  Roberto Sozzi MD  Social Psychiatry Research Institute Hoboken, New JerseyUpcoming Local Events2012-05-29
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Gambling AddictionRead the Gambling Addiction article » What is a gambling addiction?Gambling addiction is a mental-health problem that is understood to be one of many kinds of impulse-control problems a person may suffer from. The types of gambling that people with this disorder might engage in are as variable as the games available. Betting on sports, buying lotto tickets, playing poker, slot machines, or roulette are only a few of the activities in which compulsive gamblers engage. The venue of choice for individuals with gambling addiction varies as well. While many prefer gambling in a casino, the rate of online/Internet gambling addiction continues to increase with increased use of the Internet. Gambling addiction is also called compulsive gambling or pathological gambling. Estimates of the number of people who gamble socially qualify for being diagnosed with a gambling addiction range from 2%-5%, thereby affecting millions of people in the United States alone. Although more men than women are thought to suffer from pathological gambling, women are developing this disorder at higher rates, now making up as much as 25% of individuals with pathological gambling. Other facts about compulsive gambling are that men tend to develop this disorder during their early teenage years while women tend to develop it later. However, the disorder in women then tends to get worse at a much faster rate than in men. Other apparently gender-based differences in gambling addiction include the tendencies for men to become addicted to more interpersonal forms of gaming, like blackjack, craps or poker, whereas women tend to engage in less interpersonally based betting, like slot machines or bingo. Men with pathological gambling tend to receive counseling about issues other than gambling less often than their female counterparts. Problem gambling generally means gambling that involves more than one symptom but less than the at least five symptoms required to qualif... Recommended Reading Related to Gambling AddictionAntisocial Personality Disorder » What are the symptoms and signs of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)?To understand antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD), it is necessary to learn what having any personality disorder involves. As defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR, 2000), a personality disorder (PD) is a persistent pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that is significantly different from what is considered normal within the person's own culture. Professionals group personality disorders based on a commonality of symptoms. Cluster A personality disorders are those that include symptoms of social isolation, and/or odd, eccentric behavior. These disorders include
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