• Postgraduate medicine · Oct 1987

    Why should physicians recognize compulsive gambling?

    • A N Daghestani.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153.
    • Postgrad Med. 1987 Oct 1; 82 (5): 253-6, 259, 262-3.

    AbstractCompulsive gambling, which was recently recognized as a separate and primary illness, is a chronic disease that has as one of its facets poor impulse control. The illness is likely to be encountered by primary care physicians who look for it. A complete history, focusing on the destructive impact of gambling on the person's ability to function, and physical examination, including a search for coexisting cardiovascular disease and alcohol or substance abuse, are recommended for these patients. Diagnostic criteria have been described and shown in table form, as have therapeutic options. This condition is treatable, and the earlier it is discovered, the less damage will be done to the psychological, emotional, social, and financial well-being of the patient.

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