Teen Gambling

Understanding a Growing Epidemic

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Never before in our history have we witnessed such an explosion of worldwide gambling opportunities. Our love affair with gambling points to its widespread appeal as a socially acceptable leisure activity. However, gambling, once thought to be strictly an adult activity, has become an increasingly popular pastime among adolescents. Whether engaged in wagering on games of personal skill, poker amongst friends, purchasing lottery tickets, sports wagering, casino gambling, or gambling over the Internet, its popularity among the young is on the rise. There is growing evidence that large numbers of adolescents remain actively involved and engaged in almost all forms of both regulated and unregulated gambling activities in spite of age restrictions.While gambling addiction is recognized as a psychiatric disorder, there is a common misconception that adults are the only sufferers. Yet data from around the world point to high levels of gambling problems amongst adolescents, with rates of adolescent gambling problems being between 2-4 times those of adults.Based upon a growing body of evidence, this book provides a better understanding of our current knowledge concerning the causes and extent of youth gambling problems. Using real life examples, Derevensky shows how adolescents gain access to gambling activities, what issues arise from those activities, and the tools we have available for assessing problem gambling among youth. He provides clear and practical strategies for the prevention and treatment of youth with gambling problems and points the way to understanding the extent and consequences of enabling youth gambling.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-03-06
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt376 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor258
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442202276

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Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Ph.D., is a child psychologist, Professor and Director of Clinical Training in School/Applied Child Psychology and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. He is the co-director of McGill University’s International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors, is on the editorial board of numerous journals, and is a clinical consultant to hospitals, school boards, government agencies and corporations.

This book adds significantly to the literature on adolescent gambling and problem gambling. Derevensky (psychology, McGill Univ.), who has been working in this field for more than two decades, concisely summarizes what is known about youth gambling and problem gambling--how social and psychological factors correlate and how to successfully treat young people with gambling problems. In the gambling literature, as well as within Derevensky's own conceptualization, there appears to be a blur between frequent gambling and problematic gambling. The author systematically outlines the surge in legalized gambling that accompanied the development of modern, postindustrial societies, and he examines the emphasis on leisure and recreation that legitimized gambling. Within this framework, he argues, modern computer technology brought about unprecedented new gambling opportunities for youths. Derevensky points out that the public still lacks a complete understanding of youth gambling problems, unless they are paired with substance abuse. Students of gambling and addictive behaviors will find much value in this informative work. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.