International Research Monographs in the Addictions: Gambling as an Addictive Behaviour : Impaired Control, Harm Minimisation, Treatment and Prevention (Paperback)

This book presents research into gambling, showing the psychological variables that govern erosion or maintenance of self-control. Presenting the latest conclusions about the psychological processes leading to impaired self-control, this book challenges the current harm-prevention policy of "responsible gambling." The authors present the most recent and evolving research into gambling, demonstrating the psychological variables that govern the erosion or maintenance of self-control over gambling behavior. These studies provide an empirical basis for a model of impaired control of gambling. Impaired control, in its broadest sense, is considered to be the defining psychological construct of all the addictive behaviors and occupies a central position in conceptualizing the addictive aspects of gambling.