Gambling, society and the evolution of risk-taking / Peter Harvey, David Smith, and Sue Bertossa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Peter, author.

Smith, David, author.

Bertossa, Sue, author.

Series:

Safety and risk in society series.

Safety and Risk in Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gambling--Research.

Gambling.

Gambling--Social aspects.

Risk-taking (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gambling is emerging as a major industry around the world at a time when many of the more traditional economic pursuits are becoming less productive, but while the burgeoning gambling industry is certainly profitable and provides good investment opportunities and economic benefits for business and communities alike, it is timely that we look more closely at the overall benefits and costs of this phenomenon in modern society. In this book about the modern gambling business, a motif of the Colorado River and the Boulder/Hoover Dam is explored in the opening section, likening the benefits and ris

Contents:

""GAMBLING, SOCIETY AND THE EVOLUTION OF RISK-TAKING""; ""GAMBLING, SOCIETY AND THE EVOLUTION OF RISK-TAKING""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Background""; ""Chapter 1: Lessons from Initiatives in Problem Gambling Treatment and Research""; ""Chapter 2: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Now: A Wider Perspective on the Gambling World""; ""Post script""; ""Chapter 3: Capital and Craving: Market Capitalism and the Burgeoning Gambling Industry""; ""Context""; ""Alienation and Anomie (Marx and Durkheim):""; ""Roots of Addiction?""

""The Alternatives to Neuroses and Engineered Sickness""""Chapter 4: The Complex Phenomenon of Disordered Gambling""; ""Towards a Taxonomy of Problematic Gambling""; ""Responsibility For Remediation""; ""Chapter 5: The Life Impact of Problem Gambling: An Individual Case Study of Recovery""; ""Context""; ""Discussion""; ""Chapter 6: Assessing the Prevalence of Problematic Gambling""; ""SA Survey Approach""; ""Key Findings""; ""Internet Gambling""; ""Implications for Society""; ""Chapter 7: Service Developments in the Treatment of Gambling Disorder""; ""Background""

""Chapter 8: Harm Creation and Mitigation: The Emerging Business of Gambling Addiction""""A Case in Point""; ""The Self-Management Approach""; ""Implications of the Harm Creation and Mitigation Cycle""; ""Good Money After Bad""; ""Funding the Treatment Model""; ""The Mental Health Care Plan""; ""The Practitioner Nexus""; ""Chapter 9: Historical Context of a State-Wide Gambling Therapy Service""; ""Introduction""; ""Lapse and Relapse""; ""Defining the Treatment Processes""; ""The �Therapist Factor�""; ""The Client Factor""; ""The Gambling Urge Dilemma""

""Measuring Progress Towards Recovery""""Core Outcome Variables""; ""Chapter 10: Naltrexone in the Treatment of Gambling Disorders""; ""Background""; ""Pharmacotherapy and Problem Gambling""; ""Study Aims""; ""Methods""; ""Inclusion Criteria""; ""Participants""; ""Procedure""; ""Data Collection""; ""Gambling Urge Scale""; ""The Gambling Urge Scale (GUS) is a self-report questionnaire measuring the extent of gambling urge. The scale consists of six items rated on a likert (1-7) scale including statements such as �I crave a gamble right now� and �All I want to do is gamble...""

""The Victorian Gambling Screen (VGS) Harm to Self Sub-Scale""""The Work & Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)""; ""The Work and Social Adjustment Scale is a self-report questionnaire used to measure patient�s perspective of their functional ability/ impairment. The scale contains five items which enquire the degree the clients gambling problem affects their abilit...""; ""The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)""

""The K10 is a ten item self-report questionnaire that asks the client to rate on a five point scale (ranging from �never� to �most of the time�) items regarding distress in the previous four week period. Questions include items such as �in the last 30 ...""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63463-815-8

OCLC:

903489113