Description
Book SynopsisThe Wiley-Blackwell Handbook ofDisordered Gambling is a complete guide to the current empirical literature relating to the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment ofdisordered gambling. The international contributors are all experienced, practicing clinicians who discuss gambling within a global context.
- Best-practice guidelines for the clinical management of problem and disordered gambling
- Contains empirically derived findings that translate research into practical clinical applications that clinicians and counselors can use in understanding and treating problem gamblers
- Brings together a distinguished international group of scholars whose contributions discuss gambling as it occurs around the globe
- Clearly organized into sections that cover conceptualization, research, assessment, treatment, and special topics
Trade Review“Overall, the Handbook is well worth the time invested in reading it, as leading experts from various disciplines studying and treating disordered gambling contributed their knowledge and expertise.” (Addiction, 17 December 2014)
Table of ContentsEditors’ Foreword vii
Foreword ix
Contributors xix
1 The Conceptualization and Diagnosis of Disordered Gambling 1
David C. S. Richard and Julia Humphrey
2 Epidemiology: An International Perspective 26
Rachel A. Volberg and Robert J. Williams
3 Contributions from Neuroscience and Neuropsychology 49
Anna E. Goudriaan, Ruth J. van Holst, Dick J. Veltman, and Wim van den Brink
4 Behavioral Risk Factors in Disordered Gambling and Treatment Implications 71
Paul H. Delfabbro
5 Dopamine and Learning: Brain–Behavior Interactions in Disordered Gambling 98
Julia Humphrey and David C. S. Richard
6 Disordered Gambling and Personality Traits 117
Molly A. Nikolas and Christopher J. Hopwood
7 Case Conceptualization with Clients Presenting with Disordered Gambling 132
Lori Rugle
8 A Review of Problem Gambling Assessment Instruments and Brief Screens 165
Randy Stinchfield
9 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Translating Research into Clinical Practice 204
Alex Blaszczynski and Lia Nower
10 The Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Female Problem Gambling 225
Nicki A. Dowling
11 Understanding Gamblers Anonymous – A Practitioner’s Guide 251
Peter Ferentzy, Wayne Skinner, and Paul Antze
12 The CARE Model: How to Improve Industry–Government–Health Care Provider Linkages 263
Michael J. A. Wohl, Travis Sztainert, and Matthew M. Young
13 Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Disordered Gambling 283
David M. Ledgerwood, Amy Loree, and Leslie H. Lundahl
14 Gambling Among Teens, College Students and Youth 306
Caroline E. Temcheff, Renee A. St-Pierre, and Jeffrey L. Derevensky
15 The Technological Convergence of Gambling and Gaming Practices 327
Mark D. Griffiths, Daniel L. King, and Paul H. Delfabbro
16 Gambling and Older Adults 347
Jamey J. Lister and Lia Nower
17 Internet Gaming and Disordered Gambling 361
Sally Gainsbury
18 Legal and Financial Issues and Disordered Gambling 386
Lia Nower and Alex Blaszczynski
19 Effects of Nutrition on Mental Health Conditions Associated with a Gambling Disorder 400
David C. S. Richard
20 Research Directions and Unanswered Questions in the Treatment of Disordered Gambling: Results of an Empirical Study 427
Lia Nower
Index 445
