This state is characterized by changes in behavior and other consequences, including an always-irresistible urge to continually or periodically use that substance so as to experience its psychological effects or avoid unpleasant symptoms resulting from its absence. ... The ten criteria listed in the DSM-IV are a preoccupation with gambling, a need to gamble with increasing amounts of money in order to achieve the desired level of excitement, repeated, unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop gambling, feeling restless or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop gambling, using g...

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