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Pathological gambling : etiology, comorbidity, and treatments

Title
Pathological gambling : etiology, comorbidity, and treatments / Nancy M. Petry.
Author
Petry, Nancy M.
Publication
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2005.

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Description
x, 417 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Subject
Compulsive gambling
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-388) and indexes.
Contents
1. Foundations for understanding. Introduction -- Terminology, prevalence rates, and types of gambling -- Assessment -- 2. Etiology. Demographic correlates -- Comorbidity of disordered gambling and other psychiatric disorders -- Neurobiology and genetics -- 3. Research on interventions. Pharmacotherapies -- Recovery without professional interventions -- Therapy for families and significant others -- Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic treatments -- Early behavioral treatments -- Cognitive biases and cognitive therapy -- 4. A treatment model -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy -- Brief and motivational interventions -- 5. Conclusions. Prevention: focus on gambling in youth and young adults -- Conclusions.
ISBN
1591471737
LCCN
2004014279
OCLC
  • ocm55679929
  • SCSB-9813907
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library