Gambling disorder is also known as gambling addiction and compulsive gambling. A diagnosis requires at least four of the following during the past 12 months:
• Irritability when trying to lessen or stop gambling • Feeling the need to gamble with an increasing amount of money • Repeated failures to cut down on gambling • Intrusive thoughts on gambling • Engaging in gambling when feeling stressed • Gambling to get even with past losses • Hiding one’s gambling activities • Sacrificing relationships, career, health, or other important facets of life just because of gambling • Having financial crises due to gambling
Gambling disorder is classified as a non-substance-related disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM 5).

Psychological Terms List

Therefore, psychological, socio-cultural, and spiritual factors influence whether we mature beyond our biological limitations. Until fairly recently, people with addictive disorders such as gambling addiction were viewed as selfish, weak-willed folks. The fallacy of gamblers– Mostly, when a roulette player sees 7 black numbers coming up in a row, he decides to put all his money on red and this prevalent psychological process is known as gambler’s fallacy. This is a mistaken belief that when an event happens frequently then a different event becomes imminent.