This seminal study, written for both therapists and researchers in the nascent field of gambling disorders, offers "an overview of problem and pathological gambling from a psychological perspective."
Over 90% of children and adolescents play electronic or computerized games, and 25% play for three hours a day or even longer. Although some degree of video game playing is normal, excessive playing c
Isn?t it unethical to pay people to do what they should be doing anyway?Won?t patients just sell the reinforcers and buy drugs?Others didn?t get prizes for not using. Why should they?The concerns surr
Isn’t it unethical to pay people to do what they should be doing anyway?Won’t patients just sell the reinforcers and buy drugs?Others didn’t get prizes for not using. Why should they
Petry (psychiatry, U. of Connecticut Health Center) reviews research on the etiology, comorbidity, and treatments of problem and pathological gambling from a psychological perspective, for clinicians,