The addicionology field is more extensive these days than many years
ago because it comes up pathology some at chemical substance addiction
but there aren't a psychoactive substance in use, this pathology is calling
for the specialists "addictive behaviors" or none conventional addictions.
Through the years in clinical and hospitals we can see that some people
are more sensitive to develop an addictive behavior besides a chemical
addiction, and others can develop easily an addiction to the activities,
machines, objects or persons of exclusive permanent and successive way.
One of this interesting and complexity pathology is the gambler addictive
behavior, calling also ludopatia and the following are the clinical profile.
Characteristics of gambling are presented, the stages of the addictive
process, especially on cognitive mechanisms. A classification of gambler
is presented.