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You bet your life : the burdens of gambling / / Neil D. Isaacs



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Autore: Isaacs Neil David <1931-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: You bet your life : the burdens of gambling / / Neil D. Isaacs Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2001
©2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina: 616.85/841
Soggetto topico: Compulsive gambling
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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, an
Titolo autorizzato: You bet your life  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8131-5777-3
0-8131-7098-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777551903321
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