(L) Kutchova njuga kumasintha machitidwe a ubongo (2009)

Wolemba Jim Steinberg, Wolemba Wolemba - Wolemba: 12/09/2009 04:56:58 PM PST

Ngati mumadziwa winawake yemwe ali ndi vuto la kutchova juga ndipo akunena kuti sangathe, pali chifukwa chabwino kwambiri. Ndipo sikusowa kulimbika. Wotchova juga wamatenda ali ndimikhalidwe yosiyana yaubongo kuposa munthu wabwinobwino, asayansi tsopano akukhulupirira.

Njira zodziwitsira zapamwamba zagwiritsidwa ntchito pophunzira omwe ali ndi vuto lotchova njuga ndipo zotsatira zake zawonetsa kuti kuyankha kwamankhwala am'maganizo kutchova juga ndikofanana ndi kuyankha kwa omwe amamwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo pakumwa kapena kumwa mowa, atero akatswiri azamisala ku Loma Linda University Medical Center ndi UCLA.

Kutchova juga kumatha kuyambitsa kutulutsa komweko kwa dopamine - mankhwala opindulitsa muubongo - monganso mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena mowa, Dr. A Peter Prezkop aku Loma Linda ndi Timothy Fong aku UCLA adagwirizana. Pomwe ogwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi mowa amathamangitsa malo awo oyamba ndikumwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo, otchova njuga amathamangitsa kuthamanga kwawo koyambirira - nthawi zambiri powonjezera ndalama zomwe amapereka kubetcha.

“Sizofunikira kuti mupambane kapena mupambane. Kwa anthu ambiri, ndikuthamangira, "atero a Bob, wotchova juga yemwe wayambiranso yemwe amakhala ku Upland ndipo amapita kumisonkhano ya Gamblers Anonymous ku Rancho Cucamonga. (Mamembala a Gamblers Anonymous sawulula mayina awo omaliza.)

Ngakhale kutchova juga kumapangitsa magawo ena a ubongo kukhala opatsirana, mbali zina zimayamba kugwira ntchito, Fong, wamkulu wa UCLA Gambling Study Program komanso wamkulu wa UCLA's Addiction Medicine Clinic. Prezkop, wothandizira pulofesa wazamisala ku LLUMC, adatero madera aubongo omwe akukhudzana ndi malire, mayendedwe, ntchito, banja komanso udindo zimakhala zochepa.

"Ndikuwona (kutchova) kutchova juga ngati vuto laubongo," adatero Fong. “Maluso apamwamba ogwira ntchito ndi kuthana ndi mavuto amalephera. Zimafanana ndi odwala omwe amamwa mankhwala a methamphetamine. ” Vuto lenileni la chithandizo ndicho kusintha izi. ”

Kafukufuku wambiri wa 2006 California Gambule wa Mavuto apezedwa akuti kuchuluka kwamavuto nthawi zonse komanso kutchova njuga kwa California ndi 3.7 peresenti ya anthu achikulire, kufupi ndi kwapamwamba kwa dziko lonse, kuchokera pa zana la 2 mpaka 5. Phunziroli silinasinthidwe.

Fong adati zotsatira za 2006 zinali pafupifupi kawiri zomwe zidachitika mu kafukufuku zaka makumi awiri zapitazo - isanachitike masewera amwenye. Chaka chatha, kuchuluka kwa mafoni ku California Council on Problem Gambling's Hot Line adawonetsa kuwonjezeka kwa 40%, kuchoka pa 10,912 mu 2006 mpaka ma 18,470 mu 2008. Chaka chatha, 7.5% ya mayitanidwe anali ochokera kudera la 909, 6.6% anali kuchokera ku 951 code code, 3.2% anali ochokera ku 323, ndipo 3.3% anali ochokera ku 626 ndi 562, malinga ndi malipoti.

Ku San Manuel Indian Bingo ndi Casino pafupi ndi Highland, kuyesetsa kulimbikitsa kutchova juga mosamala kumachitidwa mozama, atero a Steve Lengel, wamkulu woyang'anira ntchito. Kasinoyo ndi m'modzi mwa ochepa m'boma omwe angavomerezedwe ndi mabungwe omwe ali ndi vuto lotchova juga m'boma, adatero. Ogwira ntchito onse 3,000, "mosasamala kanthu za udindo wawo" adaphunzitsidwa kufunafuna otchova njuga pamavuto awo.

Akamva kapena kuwona zikwangwani, amapita kwa kazembe, wogwira ntchito yophunzitsidwa pamlingo wapamwamba, yemwe amalankhula ndi wotchova juga "mosangalala kwambiri," adatero Lengel. Kazembe azilankhula nawo za hot hot, podziwa kuti alangizi ama telefoni atha kuwakhazikitsa ndi gulu lothandizira kapena upangiri. Nthawi zina, wotchova juga amatha kusankha "kudziletsa" ku kasino. Chitetezo chitha kudziwitsidwa ngati angadzalowenso ndikugwiritsa ntchito khadi yawo yachilabu, adatero.

Hae Wang Lee, mlangizi wovomerezeka wa omwe amatchova juga ku Walnut, adati otchova juga amatha kubisa zovuta za chizolowezi chawo kuposa ambiri omwe ali ndi zizolowezi zina. “Otchova juga ambiri amakhala ndi IQ yomwe ili 120 kapena kupitilira apo. Ndiowala kwambiri, ndipo amatha kupanga chiwembu komanso kunama mosavuta, ”adatero.

Jane Shultz, yemwe amayendetsa pulogalamu yayikulu ku West Los Angeles ndi Redlands yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zonse zomwe amakonda, adati chifukwa chachikulu cha kutchova juga ndicho kumasuka kwa nkhawa ndi nkhawa. Ophunzira amatha kutenga msanga njuga zawo pa intaneti, adatero. Nthawi ina, wophunzira anali pakompyuta kwa maola angapo a 30, adatero.

Shultz adati pali magawo anayi akuwonongeka pang'onopang'ono muvuto la njuga:

  • Gawo lopambana: njuga nthawi zina zomwe zimachulukirachulukira ndalama;
  • Kutaya gawo: ngongole zimayamba kudziunjikira;
  • Gawo losowa chiyembekezo: Wotchova jugayo amayamba kuba ndalama kuti alimbikitse chizolowezi chanjuga.
  • Gawo lopanda chiyembekezo: Wotchova juga amadzazidwa ndi ngongole, chisudzulo ndi malingaliro ofuna kudzipha.

A Marc Lefkowitz, director director komanso director director ku Anaheim ku California Council on Problem Gambling, adati ndizovuta kuti omwe ali ndi vuto lotchova juga atha kusudzulana. "Alibe komwe angabwererenso, alibe chifukwa chosiya," atero a Lefkowitz, omwe amaphunzitsanso makalasi momwe angalangizire otchova juga ku San Bernardino Valley College ku San Bernardino ndi Pierce College ku Woodland Hills.

Bob, ku Gamblers Anonymous, adanena kuti otchova njuga omwe ali ndi vuto lalikulu kwambiri lodzipha aliwonse omwe ali ndi vuto lotere. "Nthawi zambiri vuto lazachuma limakhala lalikulu kwambiri amamva kuti palibe yankho lina," adatero.