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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. as nonprofessionally guided interventions such as Gamblers Anonymous. Petry then presents her own brief cognitive-behavioral approach, whose success is empirically proven in the largest known study of psychosocial treatments of problem gamblers. Pathological Gambling presents 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.

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• Acknowledgments(p. ix)
• I Foundations for Understanding(p. 1)
• Chapter 1 Introduction(p. 3)
• Chapter 2 Terminology, Prevalence Rates, and Types of Gambling(p. 9)
• Chapter 3 Assessment(p. 35)
• II Etiology(p. 55)
• Chapter 4 Demographic Correlates(p. 57)
• Chapter 5 Comorbidity of Disordered Gambling and Other Psychiatric Disorders(p. 85)
• Chapter 6 Neurobiology and Genetics(p. 117)
• III Research on Interventions(p. 135)
• Chapter 7 Pharmacotherapies(p. 137)
• Chapter 8 Recovery Without Professional Interventions(p. 153)
• Chapter 9 Therapy for Families and Significant Others(p. 175)
• Chapter 10 Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Treatments(p. 189)
• Chapter 11 Early Behavioral Treatments(p. 199)
• Chapter 12 Cognitive Biases and Cognitive Therapy(p. 209)
• IV A Treatment Model(p. 227)
• Chapter 13 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy(p. 229)
• Chapter 14 Brief and Motivational Interventions(p. 257)
• V Conclusions(p. 267)
• Chapter 15 Prevention: Focus on Gambling in Youth and Young Adults(p. 269)
• Chapter 16 Conclusions(p. 279)
• Appendix A(p. 283)
• Appendix B(p. 291)
• Appendix C(p. 313)
• Appendix D(p. 325)
• References(p. 351)
• Author Index(p. 389)
• Subject Index(p. 399)
• About the Author(p. 417)

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Fully consistent with its title, this book provides a wide-ranging overview of the psychological causes, covariates, and treatments for disordered gambling in the US. Petry (Univ. of Connecticut Health Center) displays her encyclopedic knowledge of the subject with great clarity, making this work not only an invaluable tool for beginning researchers and practitioners, but also an indispensable one for advanced scholars and therapists. Punctuating her book with many helpful charts for reviewing essential findings from important gambling research areas and material from illustrative case studies, Petry has a great aptitude for conveying complex materials straightforwardly. Her text makes it easy to keep abreast of the gambling knowledge base, follow its cumulative development, and identify the important knowledge gaps in this field. Her extensive experience in dealing with gamblers in treatment also helps to make this part of the work truly exceptional. Anyone with a serious interest in gambling will want this book in their personal library. Now and for the future, this work should remain an indispensable piece of scholarship for those working as researchers and practitioners in this field. ^BSumming Up: Essential. All public and academic levels/libraries. W. Feigelman Nassau Community College