Pathological gambling: a critical review
Auteur :
National Research Council / Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education / Committee on Law and Justice / Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of Pathological Gambling
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309065719
Date de publication :
3 août 1999
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores America's experience of gambling. This book examines the issues surrounding the definition of pathological gambling, its co-occurrence with disorders such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and depression; its social characteristics and economic consequences, both good and bad, for communities; and, the role of video gaming.