Gambling as an Addictive Behaviour: Impaired Control, Harm Minimisation, Treatment and Prevention

by Mark Dickerson and John O'Connor

Book Overview

Presenting the latest conclusions about the psychological processes leading to impaired self-control, this book challenges the current harm-prevention policy of responsible gambling. The authors present the most recent and evolving research into gambling, demonstrating the psychological variables that govern the erosion or maintenance of self-control over gambling behavior. These studies provide an empirical basis for a model of impaired control of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052139919X
• ISBN13: 9780521399197
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"