Youth gambling represents a potentially serious public policy and health issue. Nevertheless, the rise in youth gambling issues and problems in the global context is not matched with a parallel increase in research on adolescent gambling. As such, there is an urgent need to cond…
Poker websites. State lotteries. Sports betting. As gambling outlets become easier to find, more--and younger--people are risking their finances, family lives, and health. In the Pursuit of Winning brings together an international panel of 35 experts to present theoretical, clin…
Presents theoretical, clinical, sociological, historical, and spiritual perspectives on problem gambling, and tests popular addiction and disease models in the field. This book examines the general psychology of gambling, and the irrational ideas associated with compulsive wager…
