Description
From Howard Shaffer, PhD, a noted expert on gambling addiction, and Harvard Health Publications comes Change Your Gambling, Change your Life, a landmark new book which explains how gambling problems are related to other underlying issues: such as anxiety, mood fluctuation, difficulty with impulse control, and substance abuse problems. Dr. Shaffer offers a series of self-tests to help evaluate the degree of gambling problem and analyze the psychological and social context of the behavior, with specific strategies and approaches for ending the problems with simple tools that anyone can do.
- Explains why many people have a problem controlling their urge to gamble and how that can be corrected
- Includes a toolbox of resources for anyone who wants to stop the vicious cycle of gambling
- Offers advice for avoiding slips and preventing backslides and how to deal with the consequences
With candor and expert advice, Change Your Gambling, Change Your Life provides proven techniques for controlling the urge to gamble.
Author: Howard Shaffer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 03/06/2012
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.02w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780470933077
ISBN10: 0470933070
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychopathology | Addiction
- Games & Activities | Gambling | General (see also Self-Help | Compulsive Behavior
- Self-Help | Personal Growth | General
About the Author
Howard Shaffer, PhD, a pioneer in the field of gambling addiction, is an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Division on Addiction at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He has an active private practice and consults internationally to a variety of organizations in business, education, human services, law, and government. Ryan Martin, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University. John Kleschinsky, MPH, spent three years at the Cambridge Health Alliance's Division on Addiction and is currently pursuing a DrPH in social and behavioral sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. Liz Neporent, MA, is an award-winning health and medical journalist who has written fifteen best-selling health titles.