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Compulsive gambling framed as illness at AMA conference
In Las Vegas doctors described compulsive gambling as a devastating illness affecting about a million Americans. Psychiatrist Robert L. Custer of the VA outlined a treatment approach moving gamblers from addiction to productive work, noting most begin as high achievers and detailing the gambling spiral from big wins to debt, family breakdown, crime, and possible suicide. He cited progress of a VA program in Brecksville and collaboration with Gamblers Anonymous.
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