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Article: Pathological gambling should be viewed as chronic medical condition, say Yale researchers.
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- July 11, 2001
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M2 PRESSWIRE-11 July 2001-YALE UNIVERSITY: Pathological gambling should be viewed as chronic medical condition, say Yale researchers (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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New Haven, Conn. -- Like drug and alcohol abuse, pathological gambling should be viewed as a chronic medical condition, Yale researchers assert in an article published in the July 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
"Pathological gambling should be conceptualized as a chronic medical illness so that we can gain better understanding of the biological, genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the problem, develop ...