Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editors' foreword -- Foreword -- Contributors -- The conceptualization and diagnosis of disordered gambling / David C.S. Richard and Julia Humphrey -- Epidemiology : an international perspective / Rachel A. Volberg and Robert J. Williams -- Contributions from neuroscience, neuropsychology and neuroeconomics / Anna E. Goudriaan, Ruth J. van Holst, Dick J. Veltman and Wim van den Brink -- Behavioral risk factors in pathological gambling and treatment implications / Paul H. Delfabbro -- Dopamine and learning : brain-behavior interactions in disordered gambling / Julia Humphrey and David C.S. Richard -- Pathological gambling and personality traits / Molly A. Nikolas and Christopher J. Hopwood -- Case conceptualization with clients presenting with disordered gambling / Lori Rugle -- A review of problem gambling assessment instruments and brief screens / Randy Stinchfield -- Cognitive-behavioural therapy : translating research into clinical practice / Alex A. Blaszczynski and Lia L. Nower -- The cognitive-behavioural treatment of female problem gambling / Nicki A. Dowling -- Understanding gamblers anonymous : a practitioner's guide / Peter Ferentzy, Wayne Skinner and Paul Antze -- The care model : how to improve industry-government-health care provider linkages / Michael J.A. Wohl, Travis Sztainert and Matthew M. Young -- Predictors of treatment outcome in disordered gambling / David M. Ledgerwood, Amy Loree and Leslie H. Lundahl -- Gambling among teens, college students and youth / Caroline Temcheff, Renee St-Pierre and Jeffrey Derevensky -- The technological convergence of gambling and gaming practices.

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