Pathological gambling : etiology, comorbidity, and treatments / Nancy M. Petry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petry, Nancy M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Compulsive gambling.

Gambling.

Medical Subjects:

Gambling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2005]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"This book examines the prevalence and consequences of problem gambling as well as approaches to treatment. In this comprehensive book, the author, Nancy M. Petry, clarifies the current understanding of gambling as a disorder, including its levels of intensity; possible origins in biological, neurological, developmental, and environmental spheres; and special issues surrounding populations that seem to be more susceptible to problem gambling, including youth, ethnic minorities, and those with comorbid affective disorders such as depression. The author reviews treatments commonly used for pathological gambling as well as nonprofessionally guided interventions such as Gamblers Anonymous. Petry then presents her own brief cognitive-behavioral approach, whose success is empirically proven in the largest known study of psychosocial treatments of problem gamblers. In this book, Petry reviews what we currently know about problem gambling and analyzes promising treatment approaches, making it an invaluable, comprehensive resource for both therapists and researchers in the field of pathological gambling"--Cover. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)

Contents:

I Foundations for Understanding 1

Chapter 2 Terminology, Prevalence Rates, and Types of Gambling 9

Chapter 3 Assessment 35

II Etiology 55

Chapter 4 Demographic Correlates 57

Chapter 5 Comorbidity of Disordered Gambling and Other Psychiatric Disorders 85

Chapter 6 Neurobiology and Genetics 117

III Research on Interventions 135

Chapter 7 Pharmacotherapies 137

Chapter 8 Recovery Without Professional Interventions 153

Chapter 9 Therapy for Families and Significant Others 175

Chapter 10 Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Treatments 189

Chapter 11 Early Behavioral Treatments 199

Chapter 12 Cognitive Biases and Cognitive Therapy 209

IV A Treatment Model 227

Chapter 13 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy 229

Chapter 14 Brief and Motivational Interventions 257

Chapter 15 Prevention: Focus on Gambling in Youth and Young Adults 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-388) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2005 dcunns.

ISBN:

1591471737

Access Restriction:

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