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Best Possible Odds: Contemporary Treatment Strategies for Gambling Disorders

AUTHOR: William G. McCown, Linda L. Chamberlain
ISBN: 0471189693

SHORT DESCRIPTION: An estimated 3-50f all individuals who gamble will become compulsive gamblers. This "invisible addiction" can be financially and emotionally devastating to both the gambler and his/her family. This timely clinical manual explains why gambling is on...

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Best Possible Odds: Contemporary Treatment Strategies for Gambling Disorders
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by William G. McCown, Linda L. Chamberlain


Book Description
An estimated 3-50f all individuals who gamble will become compulsive gamblers. This "invisible addiction" can be financially and emotionally devastating to both the gambler and his/her family. This timely clinical manual explains why gambling is on the rise and the factors which distinguish recreational and compulsive gamblers. Mental health professionals will learn how to assess and treat compulsive gamblers using a variety of interventions: behavior therapy, inpatient treatment, family therapy, and 12-step programs.


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Provides proven strategies, tools, and techniques for assessing and treating compulsive gamblers and their families. Covers a complete approach to interventions with gambling pathology that draws upon the behavioral/cognitive, inpatient, family, twelve-step, and other major therapeutic models. For therapists.


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Best Possible Odds: Contemporary Treatment Strategies for Gambling Disorders
- Book Reviews,
by William G. McCown, Linda L. Chamberlain

Best Possible Odds: Contemporary Treatment Strategies for Gambling Disorders

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The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Written by two leading national experts in the field, Best Possible Odds is the first comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the assessment and treatment of compulsive gamblers and their families. Based upon the authors' extensive firsthand experience, it arms mental health professionals with a rational framework for making sense of the often puzzling behaviors of compulsive gamblers, providing an array of tools and techniques for successful interventions.

ACCREDITATION

McCown, William G.; Chamberlin, Linda L.


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