Another study,<\/a> written by Vincent O. Mancini et al. and published in the Journal of Gambling Studies last year, shows men aged 18 to 25 are at the highest risk of developing a gambling problem.<\/p>\nIt’s a statistic that hits home for Goodman.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a son,\u201d she says,” and he knows that this is what I do for a living, but not everybody has that.”<\/p>\n
The Dr. Robert Hunter International Problem Gambling Center is based in Las Vegas and just expanded its services at its Reno office to include its intensive outpatient program.<\/p>\n
The company hired an in-house clinician based in Reno to make this possible.<\/p>\n
Patients go to the office for four three-hour sessions a week for six weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’re able to be three weeks into a program and look at someone who’s maybe six weeks in and say, \u2018oh, my gosh, that could be me in three more weeks,\u2019\u201d Goodman says.<\/p>\n
Goodman says the program focuses on how the brain works, and why they’re addicted.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’re not weak. You actually have a biological disorder that is causing you to have this problem,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Studies show people with a gambling problem are five times more likely to commit suicide.<\/p>\n
Goodman says it’s important to watch for the warning signs if you gamble often.<\/p>\n
For instance, if it takes over your thoughts.<\/p>\n
“Let’s say you normally enjoy hiking, right?\u201d said Goodman. \u201cYou love to go hiking, you love to be with your family. And all of a sudden, those spots are not the same. You’re now starting to think about gambling all the time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gambling addiction continues to plague the Silver State, and a local gambling center is stepping up its programs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[133156,19575,133157,10704,14525,102,3247,13887,30673,1906,6623,12726,259167,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-786826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-abnormal-psychology","tag-addiction","tag-behavioural-or-neurodevelopmental-disorders","tag-diseases-and-disorders","tag-gambling","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-mental","tag-mental-disorders","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-problem-gambling","tag-symptoms-and-signs-of-mental-disorders","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}