World News, Australia
Half a million Australians are at risk of becoming, or already are, problem gamblers, according government figures. It's a vexing social issue, which costs the community $4.7 billion a year. But a controversial drug is about to be trialled in Melbourne in a clinical experiment described as the first of its kind: a pill that researchers hope will cure problem gamblers. In the US, gambling addiction is expected to be clinically re-classified next year by the influential American Psychiatric Association. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the standard classification of mental disorders used by the US healthcare system and the fifth edition in expected to be released in May 2013.
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