Gambling Addiction Center - Rosemead, CARosemead 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 Rosemead * Navin Adatia MD  Jack H Lindheimer MD  HealthCare Partners Medical Group Los Angeles  Carl E Marusak MD  Carl E Marusak MD  Wing-Ki Lee MD  Desmond Chiong MD  Edward Castner MD  David Foos MD  Haraszti & Associates  Laurance Johnson MD  Joel E Miller MD  Haraszti & Associates  Psychiatric Counseling Center  R Singh MD  Walter Chameides MD  Kuang J Huang MD  Eliseo Mills Jr. MD  J Guzman MD  James A MacCuish MD  San Marino Psychiatric Associates  San Marino Psychiatric Associates  San Marino Psychiatric Associates  San Marino Psychiatric Associates  San Marino Psychiatric Associates  San Marino Psychiatric Associates  San Marino Psychiatric Associates  Comprehensive Doctors Medical Group  Comprehensive Doctors Medical Group  Comprehensive Doctors Medical Group  Leonard P Jones MD  Askins and Snyder MDs  Askins and Snyder MDs  Mohamed H El-Gabalawy MD  Scott Carder MD  Gregory A Cohen MD  Gregory E Gray MD PhD  Southern California Neurosurgical Associates Inc  Roy Kushel MD  Chris Minnick MD  Merle N Stern MD  Mariel S Tourani MD  Rogelio Whyte MD  Christian B Rutland MD  Thomas C Wallace MD  Daniel M Asimus MD  Steven C Horwitz MD  Alexander M Beebee MD  Pasadena Psychiatric Medical Group  Stuart Shipko, M.D.  Judith Vida MD  Pacific Clinics East  Laila Karme MD  Anil Sharma, MD  Northeast Mental Health Center  Northeast Mental Health Center  La Puente Valley Mental Health Center  La Puente Valley Mental Health Center  Pacifica Sur Medical Group  Abilio A Hernandez MD  Bimlesh Garg MD  El Camino Mental Health Center  M Khankhanian MD  Carlos Muralles MD  M Khankhanian MD  Pacific Clinics  Bruce R Marquez MD  Metropolitan State Hospital Mental Health  Nageswara R Guntupalli MD  Glen Roberts Child Study Center  Verdugo Mental Health Center  Verdugo Mental Health Center  Koichi Ishikawa MD  MCLA Psychiatric Medical Group  MCLA Psychiatric Medical Group  MCLA Psychiatric Medical Group  MCLA Psychiatric Medical Group  Ara Kadoyan MD  Mark Powers MD  MCLA Psychiatric Medical Group  MCLA Psychiatric Medical Group  MCLA Psychiatric Medical Group  Sanford R Weimer MD  MCLA Psychiatric Medical Group  Estelita B Calica MD APC  Richard J Atkins MD Inc  Downtown Mental Health Center  Citrus Psychiatric Medical Clinic  Citrus Psychiatric Medical Clinic  Raymond A Manning MD  George M Sabounjian MD  Stephen M Kramer MD  Rajendra Patel MD & Anne Reyhan PsyD  Astrik Davtian MD  Perry Maloff Medical Group  Frank R Young MD  Syeda A Baig MD  Jaime B Anselen MD  Marcia Goin MD  Hiawatha Harris MD Rosemead, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2012-06-10
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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 AddictionDepression facts
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