| Description |
xi, 260 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. An introduction to gambling and gambling disorders -- 2. Paradigms of problem gambling behavior -- 3. The phenomenology of gambling -- 4. Etiologies and maintenance of gambling disorders: a brief review -- 5. Treatment for pathological gambling: inpatient programs and gamblers anonymous -- 6. A multiphasic model of outpatient treatment -- 7. Working strategies for treatment success: the pragmatics of therapy for abusive and addicted gamblers -- 8. Assessment of gambling and gambling-related psychological disturbances -- 9. Chaos theory, gambling, and addictions: speculations on new methods of nonlinear treatment -- 10. Family systems therapy: treating the patient and the system -- 11. Epilogue: considerations for future research and interventions |
| Summary |
"Written by two leading national experts in the field, Best Possible Odds is the first comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the assessment and treatment of compulsive gamblers and their families. Based upon the authors' extensive firsthand experience, it arms mental health professionals with a rational framework for making sense of the often puzzling behaviors of compulsive gamblers, providing an array of tools and techniques for successful interventions."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-252) and indexes |
| Subject |
Compulsive gamblers.
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Compulsive gambling.
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Gambling -- Texts.
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Gambling.
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Impulse control disorders.
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Compulsive Personality Disorder -- therapy.
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Gambling -- psychology.
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Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders -- therapy.
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| Author |
Chamberlain, Linda L.
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| LC no. |
99016055 |
| ISBN |
0471189693 (alk. paper) |
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