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Gambling as an addictive behaviour : impaired control, harm minimisation, treatment and prevention

Dickerson, Mark

Gambling as an addictive behaviour : impaired control, harm minimisation, treatment and prevention [E-Book] - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 - xxvii, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm - International research monographs in the addictions . - International research monographs in the addictions .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-171) and index.

'If thinking about addiction is going to change, the study of excessive gambling is likely to be one of the richest sources of new ideas' (Jim Orford). In this book, the authors present research into gambling, showing the psychological variables that govern the erosion or maintenance of self-control over gambling behaviour. These studies provide an empirical basis for a model of impaired control of gambling. Impaired control, in its broadest sense, is considered to be the defining psychological construct of all the addictive behaviours and occupies a central position in conceptualising the addictive aspects of gambling.

9780521847018 (hbk.) 052184701X (hbk.) 9780511161278 (ebook) 0511161271 (ebook)


Gambling
Addiction

HM 570