Bookedited by Jon E. Grant, Marc N. Potenza.
Summary: "Seventeen years since the first edition and eight years since DSM-5 reclassified "pathological gambling," Gambling Disorder: A Clinical Guide to Treatment is here to provide clinicians with the latest thinking about gambling disorder. It is an exciting moment in the history of gambling research, with scholarly inquiry into the epidemiology, etiology, neurobiology, and treatment of this disorder growing by leaps and bounds. However, many clinicians remain unaware of the disorder's symptoms, though common, and are uninformed about available treatments, many developed quite recently. Acting on this knowledge, the editors set out to compile a guide that would equip clinicians to recognize patients exhibiting signs of the disorder, competently assess them, and work to identify effective treatment options. In addition, the book explores different ways the disorder may manifest across genders and among older and younger patients, forensic issues, and the relatively new area of study, online gambling and gambling-gaming convergence. Not so much a revision as a reconceptualization, Gambling Disorder: A Clinical Guide to Treatment brings a new cast of contributors, a totally restructured text, and the research and clinical wisdom amassed over the past decade and a half to bear on this critically important, yet often overlooked, disorder"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Epidemiology : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Nathan D.L. Smith, Linda B. Cottler
Clinical characteristics / Donald W. Black
Older adults / Georgina M. Gross, Rani A. Hoff
Gender differences / Jon E. Grant, Samuel R. Chamberlain
Online gambling and gambling-gaming convergence / Daniel L. King, Sally M. Gainsbury, Paul H. Delfabbro
Legal and forensic aspects / Austin W. Blum, Jon E. Grant
Cognitive and behavioral underpinnings / Elijah Otis, Igor Yakovenko, Sherry H. Stewart
Neurobiology / Luis C. Farhat, Marc N. Potenza
Screening and assessment instruments / Randy Stinchfield
Understanding youth gambling problems : prevention and treatment strategies / Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Lynette Gilbeau
Psychosocial treatments / Brad W. Brazeau, David C. Hodgins
Pharmacological treatments / Jon E. Grant, Samuel R. Chamberlain.