The treatment consists of self-help therapies, complemented by professionals in the field of psychology and social work. The basis of self-help interventions is to transmit personal experiences, which is aimed at allowing group members to identify with those who have solved their problem or are in the process of solving it. It is about the person trusting that if others like me have done it, I can too. Self-help groups are made up of equals who provide mutual assistance to satisfy common needs, overcome a shared problem or achieve personal change. And they affect face-to-face social interactions and their members assuming their responsibility in solving problems. They function autonomously apart from professionals; These, if they exist, are a complement to the treatment. The objective of the treatment is the following: - Rehabilitation of the Pathological Gambler and his family member, whose objectives are: • Rehabilitation of the Player. • Rehabilitation of the Family Member and his environment. - Normalization of the Player Pathological and his family member, whose objectives are:• Normalization of the Player.• Normalization of the Family member and his environment

Pathological gambling through the Diagnostic Manual (DSM-IV) is described as a chronic and progressive failure of the ability to resist the impulse to play, which compromises, alters or harms personal, family and work interests. Categorized as an impulse control disorder. The person who begins to play games of chance and bets does so in some cases by chance. For a small amount of money you can try your luck. Other people will be invited to participate jointly in the game, as a social activity. The personality of the player:• Greater degree of psychopathy, suffering from low self-esteem and/or depression.• Being highly competitive, energetic, restless.• Having a low level of activation, easy to get bored and liking for risk.• Being generous even extravagance.• Having a limited ability to confront reality.• Maintaining dreams of greatness and desires for success.• Need for excitement.• Presenting cognitive distortions.It has not been clearly defined whether they are personality characteristics that already exist in the player. before the game or appear along with the game, nor if there is variability in the presence of said characteristics depending on the type of game.

- SOCIAL PLAYER: A person who plays for pleasure, spends an acceptable amount of money according to his or her possibilities and previously established. He usually plays with friends and colleagues, dedicating a limited time to it. Start and end the game whenever you want.- PROFESSIONAL PLAYER: He or she dedicates himself to the game to earn money. It has no emotional involvement in betting, since it makes those that are statistically more probable, for which it has carried out a probabilistic study. - PROBLEM GAMER: Dedicates important family budget items to gambling when they could be used for occasional family expenses or investments. He has less control over his gambling behavior than the social gambler, but without being as excessive as the pathological gambler. . Increased gambling behavior requires you to spend more time and money. They have a significant risk of becoming Pathological Gamblers.- PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLER. GAMBLER: Emotionally dependent on gambling, loss of control over it, and interference with the normal functioning of daily life.

1 Have you ever missed work because of gambling?2 Has gambling caused unhappiness in your life?3 Has gambling affected your reputation?4 Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?5 Have you ever gambled for get money to pay debts or solve financial problems?6 Did your efficiency and ambition decrease because of gambling?7 After losing, did you feel that you had to come back as soon as possible to win and recover your losses?8 After winning, did you feel that you had an urgent need to come back to win more?9 Did you often gamble until you lost your last coin?10 Did you ever borrow to finance the game?11 Have you ever sold anything to finance the game?12 Did you feel reluctant to use “gambling money” on normal household expenses?13 Did the game cause you to neglect your own well-being and that of your family?14 Have you ever played for longer than you planned?15 Have you Have you ever played to escape a worry or problem?16 Have you ever committed, or thought about committing, an illegal act to finance gambling?17 Has gambling caused you difficulty sleeping?18 Have arguments, disappointments or frustrations, Have you created an urgent need to play?19 Have you ever felt an urgent need to celebrate any good fortune with a couple of hours spent playing?20 Have you ever considered self-destruction as a consequence of gambling? Most Compulsive gamblers will answer yes to at least seven of these questions. If you have answered yes to seven or more questions, you should come to JARCA.