Pathological Gambling

Etiology, Comorbidity, and Treatment

Nancy M. Petry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

417 Seiten

2014
American Psychological Association (Verlag)
978-1-4338-1177-7 (ISBN)

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Pathological Gambling: Etiology, Comorbidity, and Treatment examines the prevalence and consequences of problem gambling as well as approaches to treatment. In this comprehensive book, Petry clarifies the current understanding of gambling as a disorder, including its levels of intensity; possible origins in biological, neurological, developmental, and environmental spheres; and special issues surrounding populations that seem to be more susceptible to problem gambling, including youth, ethnic minorities, and those with comorbid affective disorders such as depression.

The author reviews treatments commonly used for pathological gambling as well as non-professionally guided interventions such as Gamblers Anonymous. Petry then presents her own brief cognitive-behavioural approach, whose success is empirically proven in the largest known study of psychosocial treatments of problem gamblers.

This book represents a review of everything currently known about problem gambling as well as promising treatment approaches, making it an invaluable, comprehensive resource for both therapists and researchers in the field of pathological gambling.

Nancy M. Petry earned a BA in 1990 from Randolph-Macon Woman's College and a PhD from Harvard University in 1994. In 1996, she joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut Health Center, where she is a professor of psychiatry. She conducts research on the treatment of addictive disorders, ranging from substance use disorders to pathological gambling, and has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles. Her work is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Petry serves as a consultant and advisor for the National Institute of Health, and she is on the editorial boards of six academic journals. She received the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in 2003.

I. Foundations for Understanding
Introduction
Terminology, Prevalence Rates, and Types of Gambling
Assessment
II. Etiology
Demographic Correlates
Comorbidity of Disordered Gambling and Other Psychiatric Disorders
Neurobiology and Genetics
III. Research on Interventions
Pharmacotherapies
Recovery Without Professional Intervention
Therapy for Families and Significant Others
Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Treatments
Early Behavioral Treatments
Cognitive Biases and Cognitive Therapy
IV. A Treatment Model
Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy
Brief and Motivational Interventions
V. Conclusions
Prevention: Focus on Gambling in Youth and Young Adults
Conclusions

Verlagsort	Washington DC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4338-1177-4 / 1433811774
ISBN-13	978-1-4338-1177-7 / 9781433811777
Zustand	Neuware