North American gambling treatment centers
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North American gambling treatment centers are intended to treat gambling addiction. In general, gambling addiction treatment is considered an add-on to other addiction treatments. All three treatment centers that offer gambling addiction treatment in North America treat gambling in addition to alcohol addiction and other substances addictions.
Inpatient Centers offering care[edit]
There are not many in-patient centers offering care for compulsive gambling,[1] even though neurological research indicates the treatment is not significantly different from other substance abuse addictions.[2]
In general the treatment of gamblers is not a significant in-patient percentage compared to the number of alcoholics and drug addictions treated. This is largely due to the financial realities: in-patient addiction rehabilitation costs an average of $24,000 per person,[3] and when compulsive gamblers seek help, they are usually broke.
Outpatient Care[edit]
Gamblers Anonymous is the most common outpatient care program. It cites less than 8% retention/abstention rate over the first year of treatment.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "INPATIENT, RESIDENTIAL AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY LIST". Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- ^ Potenza, M. N (12 October 2008). "The neurobiology of pathological gambling and drug addiction: an overview and new findings". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 363 (1507): 3181–3189. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0100. PMC 2607329. PMID 18640909.
- ^ "Is drug addiction treatment worth its cost?". Retrieved May 27, 2015.