Osborne interview-June28.mov – Mike Osborne, Director of The Firstep Gambling Addiction Treatment Center, comments on the role of the family of a compulsive gambler

 

Palmetto named 2012 LASACT Addiction Service Provider of Year

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… was founded in 1993 and is located on 70 acres surrounded by a bayou north of Rayville. The center, whose staff has more than 250 years combined experience, helps individuals overcome addictions to alcohol, prescription drugs, sex and gambling.
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Video slot machines bring balance of fun, danger

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ODADAS has trained about 500 social workers, nurses, counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists to identify and treat gambling addictions. Anderson said the number of people with gambling disorders typically … more than half listed slot machines as …
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With behavioral addictions on the rise, SMU upgrades campus mental health …

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As a result of understanding the differences between the way addictions affect men and women, experts are realizing that treatments could be more effective if approached in a more gender-specific way. Many addiction centers are “designing specialized, …
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