Insights about pathological gamblers: ‘Chasing losses’ in spite of the consequences: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 93, No 5

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How can you tell the difference between someone playing the ponies for sport and someone with a serious gambling problem? The authors describe character traits and life-style patterns that may help identify persons who are gambling more but enjoying it less. Suggestions on helping patients achieve total abstinence, the goal of therapy, are also provided.

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