{"id":8,"date":"2022-01-06T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2022-01-06T13:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T13:29:46","slug":"get-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"Get Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-530468873-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-530468873-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-530468873-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-530468873-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-530468873-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-530468873-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-530468873-1568x1046.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The mean age of onset of problem gambling in our patients is\u00a0<strong>aged 21<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>51% of our patients experienced a big win\u00a0early<\/strong>\u00a0in their gambling career before they became problem gamblers. Gambling Concern works to identify and understand these behaviours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Signs of Problem Gambling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behaviour is indicated by&nbsp;3 or more of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Preoccupation with gambling<\/li><li>Tolerance (spending more and more money or gambling for increasing periods of time)<\/li><li>Unsuccessful efforts to control gambling<\/li><li>Withdrawal ( Irritability and restlessness when trying to cut down or stop gambling)<\/li><li>Escape (Using gambling to escape from life\u2019s responsibilities)<\/li><li>Chasing losses<\/li><li>Deceit<\/li><li>Committing illegal acts<\/li><li>Damage or loss of relationships or job<\/li><li>Relying on others for bailouts<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2>Need Help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have answered yes to any one of the above and want to discuss your problem gambling issues or receive help in the form of treatment and advice please contact the National Problem Gambling Clinic\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0www.cnwl.nhs.uk\/gambling.html.\u00a0The clinic\u00a0is in Soho, London and is part of\u00a0Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mean age of onset of problem gambling in our patients is\u00a0aged 21\u00a0and\u00a051% of our patients experienced a big win\u00a0early\u00a0in their gambling career before they became problem gamblers. Gambling Concern works to identify and understand these behaviours. Signs of Problem Gambling Persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behaviour is indicated by&nbsp;3 or more of the following: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamblingconcern.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}