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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826321003321

Titolo

Pathological gambling : a critical review / / Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of Pathological Gambling [and] Committee on Law and Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999

ISBN

0-309-17350-7

0-309-51988-8

0-585-14270-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/841

Soggetti

Compulsive gambling - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front  Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Nomenclature""; ""3 Pathological and Problem Gamblers in the United States""; ""4 Research on the Origins of Pathological and Problem Gambling""; ""5 Social and Economic Effects""; ""6 Treatment of Pathological Gamblers""; ""7  Organization and Technology of Gambling""; ""A Gamblers Anonymous Twenty Questions""; ""B Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Criteria for Pathological Gambling""; ""C Legal-Age Gambling Opportunities and Restrictions""

""D Summary of Treatment Literature""""E Gamblers Anonymous Meetings by State""; ""F Biographical Sketches""; ""Index""