Gambling
Rolling the dice on America
Dr. Timothy Fong, associate professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, was interviewed Sept. 12 by KPCC-89.3 FM’s “AirTalk” about pathological gambling as a behavioral addiction akin to alcohol and drug addiction.
Can Returning Items Become an Addiction?
Dr. Timothy Fong, associate professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and director of the Impulse Control Disorders Clinic, was featured Dec. 3 on a National Public Radio “Marketplace” segment about a new aspect of compulsive shopping – people who are consumed with the process of returning items they just bought.
Beware of Online Gambling Risks
The research of Dr. Timothy Fong, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, was featured Nov. 22 in an Omaha World-Herald column about gambling addiction and problem gamblers.
Seeking Help for Gambling Addiction
Dr. Timothy Fong, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, was featured Nov. 1 in a New York Times blog in which he responded to readers questions about gambling addiction.
Ask an Expert about Gambling Addiction
The New York Times blog reported Oct. 22 on a new program developed by the UCLA Gambling Studies Program and the state of California to help treat problem gamblers and their families. Timothy Fong, program co-director and assistant professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute, was quoted and answered readers’ questions about gambling addiction.
Impulsivity Measures May Help Flag Future Pathological Gamblers
Medscape Today ran a Dec. 14 article on Dr. Timothy Fong, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and co-director of the Gambling Studies Program, and his gambling research.
Gambling Addiction in the Spotlight in Philadelphia
Dr. Timothy Fong, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and co-director of the Gambling Studies Program, was featured in an Oct. 26 article in The Epoch Times newspaper about the problem of gambling addiction in the Asian-American community.
Impulse Control Disorders Clinic
An outpatient clinic that provides treatment for pathological gamblers and their families. Services included consultations, diagnostic assessments, pharmacological management, individual psychotherapy and family therapy.
