INTERNATIONAL - In 1956, the American Medical Association declared alcoholism a “disease.” More than half a century later, the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has proclaimed addiction, including alcoholism and “process” addictions like gambling, to be the same…. But if you want to reduce stigma, calling something a brain disease may not be the best [...]
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Why the New Definition of Addiction, as ‘Brain Disease,’ Falls Short
Friday, August 19th, 2011The Brain and gambling addiction
Monday, May 9th, 2011AUSTRALIA – 15 min podcast with a Neurologist on the Brain and Addiction, starts out with description of the mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease drugs and why they can cause gambling. ABC Radio.
Academic says gambling has become too easy
Monday, May 9th, 2011UK - YOUNG men and ethnic minorities are being lured into betting shops by a high-speed gambling machines. An analyst at Glasgow University has found that advances in technology are opening up the market to people less familiar with the pitfalls of the addiction. Professor Gerda Reith, one of the country’s academics to have researched the [...]
An unsafe bet?: The dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011UK- Jim Orford’s new book An Unsafe Bet? The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having reveals how gambling represents a danger to public health due to its inherent addiction potential, which is being intentionally downplayed by the gambling industry and governments. Wiley.
