Examining the prevalence and consequences of problem gambling as well as approaches to treatment, this text is an invaluable, comprehensive resource for both therapists and researchers.
This book provides the most up-to-date information available on the prevalence of pathological and problem gambling in the United States, including a look at populations that may have a particular vulnerability to gambling: women, ...
This book provides an overview of the state of the art in research on and treatment of gambling disorder. As a behavioral addiction, gambling disorder is of increasing relevance to the field of mental health.
The objective of this book is to provide the clinician – or graduate student – with essential information about problem and pathological gambling.
This book provides the most up-to-date information available on the prevalence of pathological and problem gambling in the United States, including a look at populations that may have a particular vulnerability to gambling: women, ...
Pathological gambling, also known as compulsive gambling, is a psychological disorder characterized by the inability to resist impulses to gamble, leading to severe personal or social consequences.
This Therapist Guide provides clinicians with session-by-session instructions for implementing an effective, CBT-based treatment for pathological gambling.
If you feel as if you can no longer control your gambling, if your gambling has interfered with your family, social, or working life, this workbook can help you take back control.
Like in the case of drugs, gambling hijacks reward circuits in a brain which is not prepared to receive such intense stimulation.
Although he obviously had rooms full of sick people waiting due to a nasty bug going around, Dr. Shore patiently sat and listened as I poured my heart out. He gave me as much time as I needed. We talked for close to an hour and a half.
The Burdens of Gambling Neil D. Isaacs. Down and down I go Round and round I go Like a leaf that's caught in the tide. I should stay away But what can I do? Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlem, “That Old Black Magic” ...