Gambling Addiction

Pathological gambling accompanies psychological disorders for some veterans

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 22nd, 2005

American Indian and Hispanic veterans are much more likely than the general population to be pathological gamblers, and their addiction is likely accompanied by several psychological disorders, according to a study of 1221 such veterans in the southwest and north central United States.

American Indian veterans in the study had a pathological gambling rate of 10%, and Hispanic veterans had a rate of 4.9%. Previous studies have estimated pathological gambling is prevalent in 0.9%-3.4% of the U.S. population. One key to treatment and early intervention, the study's authors said, is recognizing that pathological gamblers are often suffering from substance abuse, an anxiety...

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