A Clinician's Guide to Working with Problem Gamblers -

A Clinician's Guide to Working with Problem Gamblers

Buch | Softcover
244 Seiten
2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-73285-7 (ISBN)
53,60 inkl. MwSt
This is a comprehensive reference book on the psychiatric condition of problem gambling for mental health professionals and trainees.
Problem gambling is a recognised mental disorder and a significant public health issue internationally. A Clinician’s Guide to Working with Problem Gamblers introduces the reader to the concept of problem gambling as an illness, it describes the current gambling habits and explores the way problem gambling may present in an individual. This guide is the product of a collaboration between two of the country’s most eminent experts on problem gambling as a psychiatric disorder.

Bowden-Jones and George bring together contributions from leading clinicians working in the field to provide an outline of the epidemiology, aetiology, research, assessment procedures and treatment practices which are discussed and presented in an accessible and engaging manner. The inclusion of questionnaires and screening tools adds to the ‘hands on’ feel of the book. The book covers a range of topics that clinicians and trainees need in order to review and understand the disorder, including, amongst others:

Cognitive behavioural models of problem gambling

Psychiatric co-morbidity

Family interventions

Gambling and women

Remote gambling

A Clinician’s Guide to Working with Problem Gamblers will be essential reading for mental health professionals working with problem gamblers, as well as those in training, it is a comprehensive reference point on all aspects of this psychiatric condition. It is also aimed at various other groups of people who have an interest in the field of problem gambling, including academics, researchers, policy makers, NHS commissioners, probation officers, other health care professionals, the lay reader and family members of those affected by gambling.

Henrietta Bowden-Jones is a doctor trained in psychiatry and neuroscience. She is Founder and Director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic CNWL NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Brain Science Division, Imperial College, UK. Sanju George is a consultant in addiction psychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, and is an opinion leader in the field of gambling addiction.

Bowden-Jones, George, Introduction. Wardle, The British Gambling Prevalence Surveys. Roaf, Gambling and Public Health. Geel, Etiology of Problem Gambling. Smith, Shah, Cognitive Behavioural Models of Problem Gambling. Clark, Neurobiology of Gambling. Gaston, Psychiatric Comorbidity in Gambling. Velleman, Cousins, Orford, Effects of Gambling on the Family. Kaspar, Gambling: Screening, Assessment and Diagnosis. Petry, Psychological Treatments: Brief Interventions, Cognitive Behavioural Treatments, Counselling and Gamblers Anonymous. Bullock, Potenza, Pharmacological Treatments. George, Bowden-Jones, Family Interventions in Gambling. Dhillon, Gambling and Women. Essau, Gambling and Young People. Griffiths, Remote Gambling. Appendices.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.2.2015
Zusatzinfo 2 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 385 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Suchtkrankheiten
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-415-73285-9 / 0415732859
ISBN-13 978-0-415-73285-7 / 9780415732857
Zustand Neuware
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