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

Author/Contributor(s):	Dickerson, Mark ; O'Connor, John
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	07/21/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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 gambling. Impaired control, in its broadest sense, is considered to be the defining psychological construct of all the addictive behaviors and occupies a central position in conceptualizing the addictive aspects of gambling.