UMass Lowell Problems with Gambling McGauvran Student Union Building, Room 363, South Campus Tel.
People affected by compulsive gambling are at higher risk for suicide than most other populations.
A recent comprehensive study on gambling prevalence in the United States and Canada indicates that young people are particularly at risk for developing a severe gambling problem, with a rate of more than twice that of the general adult population. Compulsive gambling shares many characteristics of other addictions, and is often called the invisible addiction . Latest views of this problem consider it more an addictive behavior than an impulse control disorder. When losing, compulsive gamblers become emotionally caught up in trying to win back losses, and when winning become overconfident that they will win more. Click here for a list of possible signs of a gambling problem .