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Psychology
12-27-2005, 08:36 PM
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Addiction is a disease?
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thehotspur
Re: Addiction is a disease?
Ridge I'm glad you feel so confident as an undergraduate to attack the ignorence of others. Of course this arrogance tends to be limited to undergraduates. I had lost it by the time I received my Phd...
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Psychology
12-26-2005, 04:21 PM
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Addiction is a disease?
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thehotspur
Re: Addiction is a disease?
Isn't it a remarkable coincidence how often addicts with an "unbalanced neurochemistry" happened to have been abused when young, screwed over, or had a lousy life. These neuroscientists who reduce...
Forum:
Psychology
12-23-2005, 03:51 PM
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A worried brother asking for help
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thehotspur
Re: A worried brother asking for help
ngmucker I'm sorry to hear that your brother is a pathological gambler, it is excellent that he is in therapy, the biggest help you can give him is to make sure he continues to seek help until he is...
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Psychology
12-23-2005, 03:32 PM
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This is a very important post for me...
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thehotspur
Re: This is a very important post for me...
You sound like an intelligent guy and asking for advice from others demonstrates that (although asking poker players is somewhat more dodgy /images/graemlins/wink.gif).
Chesspain makes a good point...
Forum:
Psychology
12-23-2005, 03:02 PM
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Addiction is a disease?
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thehotspur
Re: Addiction is a disease?
Psychologists don't and indeed legally cannot prescribe medication. Although my replying to a post that includes the term "cockamamy" (or a funny attempt of it) means that I think my head need...
Forum:
Psychology
12-20-2005, 08:50 PM
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Addiction is a disease?
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thehotspur
Re: Addiction is a disease?
Why do you think that physical dependence necessarily implies loss of control? You say:
"Once loss of control happens on a physical basis it is very real, not psychological at all"
I don't have a...
Forum:
Psychology
12-19-2005, 03:50 PM
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Addiction is a disease?
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thehotspur
Re: Addiction is a disease?
I'm a poker player who happens to be a psychologist whose area of expertise is addiction. The disease model of addiction is 60 years old and has been shown in the intervening years to be incorrect....
Forum:
Psychology
12-19-2005, 03:05 PM
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The Psychology of Poker By: Alan Shoomaker
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1,186
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thehotspur
Re: The Psychology of Poker By: Alan Shoomaker
This book will help you to think about your relationship with poker, why you play it, and even who you are. Ultimately it is this which will determine how successful you can become at playing the...
Forum:
Psychology
12-14-2005, 02:45 PM
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Dr. Al, I have a question for you, and anyone else who wants to answer
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thehotspur
Re: Dr. Al, I have a question for you, and anyone else who wants to an
The short answer I would give to your question is that yes they do possess something that others cannot acquire - their personality. They don't have a different brain chemistry that makes them figure...
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News, Views, and Gossip
11-30-2005, 02:45 PM
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Gambler's anonymous
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thehotspur
Re: Gambler\'s anonymous
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It would be unwise for someone with Pathological Gambling (PG) to engage in any gambling of any type. I often see alcoholics or drug users who want to learn to use in moderation, rather...
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News, Views, and Gossip
11-24-2005, 08:00 PM
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Gambler's anonymous
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thehotspur
Re: Gambler\'s anonymous
I don't think that GA would be the best place for you to go with the desire to only give up one form of gambling. They tend to be quite extreme in their view (incorrect from a psychological point of...
Forum:
Psychology
06-24-2005, 02:52 PM
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online poker psychology research
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201
Posted By
thehotspur
Re: online poker psychology research
thanks to everyone who took the test, i have emailed those who wanted the essay, thank you for your kind words,
regards,Rob.
Forum:
Psychology
06-23-2005, 07:36 PM
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online poker psychology research
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thehotspur
online poker psychology research
Hi there, I’m a psychologist and online poker player who is conducting research for my postgraduate thesis on the psychology of online poker players. I have a questionnaire up at www.pokerthesis.com....
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