Training Title:
Retired ~ Gambling Disorder

Clock Hours: 1

Objectives:
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to: • Define criteria for diagnosing an individual with pathological gambling or gambling disorder, depending on the version of the DSM used • Provide support for the changes made in the view of gambling from that of a chronic disorder to one that may be episodic • Describe at least two evidence-based or promising treatments for disordered gambling • Specify at least three possible risk factors for disordered gambling

Description:
This course examines various perspectives on pathological gambling and gambling disorder. The DSM-IV defines pathological gambling as a chronic and persistent disorder. However, in response to results from large community-based epidemiological studies, the authors of the DSM-V have acknowledged that gambling disorders may tend to be more episodic for some, chronic for others – simply experiencing problem gambling does not doom one to developing a diagnosable disorder. Further, said studies find that rates of natural recovery, that is, unaided by treatment, range from one-third to almost 40% of those meeting pathological gambling and/or problem gambling diagnostic criteria. Prevalence, definitions, comorbidity, etiology and treatments are briefly reviewed throughout the course. Keywords: Gambling, problem gambling, pathological gambling, disordered gambling, DSM-V, brief interventions, addiction, substance abuse, natural recovery

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