This comprehensive handbook provides a complete guide to the current empirical literature relating to the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of disordered gambling. The distinguished list of international contributors are all experienced, practicing clinicians who discuss gambling as it occurs around the globe, and chapters cover a diverse array of contemporary topics in the field.

Table of Contents

• Editors' Foreword
• Foreword
• Shifting Ideas Have Encouraged the Emergence of Gambling Ghosts, Shadows, and Taxonomies
• Youthful Fields of Inquiry
• Toward an Epidemiological Dynamics of Gambling
• Measuring Taxonomies: Creating Gambling Ghosts and Shadows
• Toward a More Mature Gambling Field: Developing Gambling Ghosts, Shadows, and Taxonomies
• References
• Contributors
• Chapter 1: The Conceptualization and Diagnosis of Disordered Gambling
• Introduction
• Who is a disordered gambler?
• Diagnosis
• Epidemiology
• The DSM-5 Conceptualization: Why An Addiction Model Prevailed
• Looking ahead
• References
• Chapter 2: Epidemiology
• Introduction
• Defining Our Terms
• Measuring Problem and Disordered Gambling
• The Prevalence of Problem and Disordered Gambling
• Changes in Problem Gambling Prevalence Over Time
• Where Will Prevalence Rates Go From Here?
• Patterned Inequality in Problem Gambling
• The Emergence of Online Gambling
• Issues in Conducting Epidemiological Research on Problem and Disordered Gambling
• Conclusion
• References
• Glossary
• Chapter 3: Contributions from Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
• Introduction
• Methods in neuroscientific studies in disordered gambling
• What is going on in your brain when you gamble?
• Motivational functions
• Reward sensitivity, punishment sensitivity and decision-making
• Cognitive functions
• Methodological issues and future directions
• References
• Chapter 4: Behavioral Risk Factors in Disordered Gambling and Treatment Implications
• Introduction: Disordered gambling as a behavioral disorder
• Part A Behavioral and situational triggers and maintenance factors
• Part B: Addressing behavioral factors in interventions
• References
• Chapter 5: Dopamine and Learning
• Introduction
• Schedules of Reinforcement
• Schedules of reinforcement and gambling cognitions
• Dopamine
• Summary
• References
• Chapter 6: Disordered Gambling and Personality Traits
• Introduction
• Conceptualizing Personality
• Relationships between Affective Traits and Disordered Gambling: Toward a Model of Personality Mechanisms
• Personality Heterogeneity among Disordered Gamblers
• Directions for Future Research on Personality and Disordered Gambling
• Summary
• References
• Chapter 7: Case Conceptualization with Clients Presenting with Disordered Gambling
• Integrative Disordered Gambling Case Conceptualization (IDGCC) – Definition
• Key Features
• Case Example
• Summary and Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 8: A Review of Problem Gambling Assessment Instruments and Brief Screens
• Introduction
• Instruments
• Gambling Behavior Interview (GBI)
• Brief PG Screens
• Conclusions and Future Research Directions
• References
• Chapter 9: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
• Mechanisms of change in cognitive therapy
• Treatment clientele: A heterogeneous population
• Assessing clients for cognitive-behavioral interventions
• The Pathways Model of Gambling: Identifying subtypes
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 10: The Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Female Problem Gambling
• Explanations for female problem gambling
• Gender differences in problem gambling
• The gender-as-proxy hypothesis
• Gender differences in recovery and treatment
• A cognitive-behavioral treatment program for female problem gambling
• Case study
• Treatment implications of gender differences
• References
• Chapter 11: Understanding Gamblers Anonymous – A Practitioner's Guide
• Mutual Aid in a Broad Context
• An Overview of GA – Designed by and for gamblers
• A Flexible Approach to the twelve steps – Tailor-made for gamblers
• GA's reliance on spousal support – well ahead of its time
• Concluding Remarks
• References
• Appendix
• Chapter 12: The CARE Model
• What Has Been Done to Reduce Harm and By Whom?
• The CARE Model: Facilitating coordination through RGICs
• Potential Implementation Barriers: Road Bumps and Possible Solutions
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 13: Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Disordered Gambling
• Individual predictors of treatment outcome
• Social and Environmental Predictors of Treatment Outcome
• Treatment-Related Predictors of Treatment Outcome
• Conclusions and Future Directions
• References
• Chapter 14: Gambling Among Teens, College Students and Youth
• Introduction
• The changing face of gambling
• Prevalence of youth gambling
• Adolescent gambling involvement
• College student and young adult involvement
• Problem gambling in adolescents, college students, and young adults
• Measuring problem gambling
• Correlates and risk factors associated with problem gambling: Our current knowledge
• Biological and physiological factors
• Academic, behavioral, cognitive, mental health and personality factors
• Factors related to initiation and progression of gambling involvement
• Familial factors
• Cultural factors
• Protective factors
• New gambling opportunities, new policy challenges
• The prevention of gambling addictions
• References
• Chapter 15: The Technological Convergence of Gambling and Gaming Practices
• Gambling and video gaming
• Gambling and social networking
• Gambling and mobile phones
• Gambling and interactive television games
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 16: Gambling and Older Adults
• Introduction
• Prevalence and Profile
• Gambling Preferences and Motivations
• Etiology
• Physical, Mental Health and Addictive Disorders
• Treatment
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 17: Internet Gaming and Disordered Gambling
• Introduction
• Types of Internet gambling
• Characteristics of Internet gamblers
• Internet gambling and problem gambling
• Problems relevant to Internet gambling
• Factors to consider in case formulation and treatment plan
• Self-management strategies to stabilize gambling
• Psychoeducation
• Limiting Internet gambling
• Internet-based treatment options
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 18: Legal and Financial Issues and Disordered Gambling
• Gambling and Crime
• Gamblers and Crime
• Gambling-Related Legal Defenses
• Debt and Bankruptcy
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 19: Effects of Nutrition on Mental Health Conditions Associated with a Gambling Disorder
• The Nutritional Hypothesis, Psychopathology, and Disordered Gambling
• References
• Chapter 20: Research Directions and Unanswered Questions in the Treatment of Disordered Gambling
• Introduction
• Procedure
• Participant Recruitment and Demographics
• Survey Procedure
• Findings
• Improving Treatment Attendance and Service Utilization
• Developing Manualized Treatments and Brief Interventions
• Addressing Comorbidity
• Family and Couples Counseling
• Self-Help Groups
• Telephone and Hotline Service
• Natural Recovery
• Summary
• Acknowledgements
• References