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This first book on the history of gambling examines how it became a major social problem in the United States, and how it was made into a medical disorder.

Although pathological gambling has been a field of study and treatment for over forty years, its story has remained unwritten. That is until now. Brian Castellani is the first to write a book on its history and its medicalization.

Although pathological gambling has been a field of study and treatment for over forty years, its story has remained unwritten. That is until now. Brian Castellani is the first to write a book on its history and its medicalization.

Pathological Gambling The Making of a Medical

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      Publisher: State University Press of New York (SUNY)
      Publication Date: 3/31/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780791445228, 978-0791445228
      ISBN10: 0791445224

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This first book on the history of gambling examines how it became a major social problem in the United States, and how it was made into a medical disorder.

      Although pathological gambling has been a field of study and treatment for over forty years, its story has remained unwritten. That is until now. Brian Castellani is the first to write a book on its history and its medicalization.

      Although pathological gambling has been a field of study and treatment for over forty years, its story has remained unwritten. That is until now. Brian Castellani is the first to write a book on its history and its medicalization.

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