Gambling Addiction Center - Norwalk, CTNorwalk 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 Norwalk * Francis J Hamilton Jr. MD  Mark Rubinstein  Stephen J Bittner MD  Malcolm Gordon MD  George Kelly MD  Norwalk Hospital Psychiatry  Norwalk Hospital Psychiatry  Norwalk Hospital Psychiatry  Norwalk Hospital Psychiatry Dept  Norwalk Hospital Psychiatry  Arthur Africano MD  William M Eckerd MD  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Carolyn S Spiro MD  Charles Kallick MD  Finkelstein & Amiri MDs  Finkelstein & Amiri MDs  Roger R Ayres MD  Herbert S Sacks MD  Ameet Lamba MD  Anita M Lopker MD  Silver Hill Hospital  Silver Hill Hospital  Robert Israely MD  Ilana Karpenos MD  Kay L Cowan MD  Willem W Roosen MD  Charles Silberman MD  Jo Ann Smith MD  Joel S Albert MD  Renata Weissberg MD  Eric Dieffenbach MD  Farin Nejad MD  Leon Tec MD  Joan F Poll MD  Harry J Brown MD  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Ann M. Callahan, M.D. LLC  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Shoreline Psychiatry of Western Connecticut LLC  Ronald A Grant MD  Charles H Rousell MD  Edward Sheppard MD  Bruce Shapiro MD  The New England Center for Headache  Irwin Potkewitz MD  Colin B Cook MD  Stamford Psychiatry  Simon Epstein MD  Richard Kaiser MD  Jeffrey M Koffler MD  Michael N Sarezky MD  Rafique Tai MD  Donald C Bell MD  Justin O Schechter MD  F Carl Mueller MD  Kenneth R Berv MD PC  Lee D Brauer MD  Sanders Stein MD  Joseph R Freire MD  Optimus Health Care  Outpatient Behavioral Health  Joseph P D'Apice MD  Brighter Concept Inc  Ellyn Shander MD  Myron Glucksman MD  JP Marachi MD  The Waynik Group  The Waynik Group  The Waynik Group  The Waynik Group  The Waynik Group  The Waynik Group  Jenifer Nields MD  Alan J Sholomskas MD  Leonard I Leven MD  Lustick & Rickler MDs  Melissa Welby MD  Babette Caraccio MD  Laurence S Lorefice MD  John S Tamerin MD  Peritz Levinson MD  Shubha M Phansalkar MD  David Ciancimino MD  David Gianetti MD  Columbia Mental Health  Columbia Mental Health  Columbia Mental Health  William H Koch MD  Alvin Rosenfeld MD  Psychiatric Treatment Center  Joyce Z Pere MD  William Hampton MD  Wynn Jackson MD Norwalk, ConnecticutUpcoming Local Events2012-06-02
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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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