Change Network Gambling addiction clinic

Individuals in need of gambling addiction support experience similar problems to those suffering from chemical addictions.

This has been highlighted by outpatient therapist Mike Musgrave, who wrote in the Evansville Courier & Press that pathological gamblers suffer from negative health, relationship, financial and work issues.

Embarking on a tailored program of support at a gambling addiction clinic is the best way for pathological gamblers to beat their problem, which, according to the National Council on Problem Gambling, affects approximately two million people in the US.

A further four to six million, it is believed, can be labelled as problem gamblers.

Explaining the difference between the different degrees of gambling addiction, Dr Musgrave wrote in the newspaper: While pathological gambling is the clinical term used in describing this disorder, pathological gambling, compulsive gambling and problem gambling are used interchangeably.

He went on to state that it isn't always as easy to identify someone in need of gambling addiction help as it is to recognise someone in need of drug addiction support, because those affected cannot take a urine or blood test and do not give any physical clues.