Pathological Gambling : a Critical Review.

As states have moved from merely tolerating gambling to running their own games, as communities have increasingly turned to gambling for an economic boost, important questions arise. Has the new age of gambling increased the proportion of pathological or problem gamblers in the U.S. population? Wher...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1999.
Colección:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Compulsive gambling > United States.
Social problems.
Sociology.
Impulse control disorders.
Impulse.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Human behavior.
Social sciences.
Mental illness.
Social Problems
Gambling
Sociology
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
Risk-Taking
Behavior
Social Sciences
Mental Disorders
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Psychiatry and Psychology
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Jeux de hasard > Comportement compulsif > États-Unis.
Problèmes sociaux.
Sociologie.
Impulsions (Psychologie)
Prise de risque.
Comportement humain.
Sciences sociales.
Maladies mentales.
social issues.
sociology.
human behavior.
social sciences.
mental disorders.
Social sciences
Social problems
Mental illness
Impulse control disorders
Impulse
Human behavior
Compulsive gambling
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Nomenclature
  • 3 Pathological and Problem Gamblers in the United States
  • 4 Research on the Origins of Pathological and Problem Gambling
  • 5 Social and Economic Effects
  • 6 Treatment of Pathological Gamblers
  • 7 Organization and Technology of Gambling
  • A Gamblers Anonymous Twenty Questions
  • B Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Criteria for Pathological Gambling
  • C Legal-Age Gambling Opportunities and Restrictions
  • D Summary of Treatment LiteratureE Gamblers Anonymous Meetings by State
  • F Biographical Sketches
  • Index

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