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

"Dickerson and O'Connor's approach to gambling behavior and its most remarkable feature, the occurrence of loss of control over behavior, is intriguing. On the basis of a dimensional approach, it offers excellent opportunities to explore modeling of risk factors and psychosocial variables. It has the potential to enlighten the discussion over ethical concerns about hwo gambling devices are designed and marketed and wehter they comply with the principles of consumer protection, which will surely make the reader think." - Hermano Taveres, PsycCritiques

'If thinking about addiction is going to change, the study of excessive gambling is likely to be one of the richest sources of new ideas.' (Jim Orford) This book presents the most recent research into gambling, showing the psychological variables that govern erosion or maintenance of self-control. These studies provide an empirical basis for a model of impaired control. Impaired control, in its broadest sense, is considered to be the defining psychological construct of all the addictive behaviours and occupies a central position in conceptualising the addictive aspects of gambling.