02558nam 2200577 450 991077755190332120200520144314.00-8131-5777-30-8131-7098-2(CKB)1000000000460344(EBL)1915516(SSID)ssj0000275881(PQKBManifestationID)12113423(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275881(PQKBWorkID)10223052(PQKB)10827302(OCoLC)65338292(MdBmJHUP)muse44542(Au-PeEL)EBL1915516(CaPaEBR)ebr11009828(CaONFJC)MIL691242(OCoLC)900344958(MiAaPQ)EBC1915516(EXLCZ)99100000000046034420150206h20012001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrYou bet your life the burdens of gambling /Neil D. IsaacsLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2001.©20011 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59960-2 0-8131-2195-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Seven other myths about gambling -- Gambling and the irrational -- The high-profile profile -- The compulsion to lose -- Gambling and anxiety -- Gambling and depression -- Gambling and psychosis -- Filling the void -- Gambling and the brothers barthelme -- Gambling and the personality disorders -- Gambling and addiction.We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor -- play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole.Neil Isaacs -- sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years -- seeks to shatter the myths interfering with our understanding of gambling addiction, its causes, anCompulsive gamblingCompulsive gambling.616.85/841Isaacs Neil David1931-193415MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777551903321You bet your life3824276UNINA