In the Pursuit of Winning

Masood Zangeneh · Alex Blaszczynski ·Nigel E. TurnerEditors

In the Pursuit of Winning

Problem Gambling Theory, Researchand Treatment

Masood ZangenehCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthTorontoCanada

Alex BlaszczynskiThe University of SydneySydneyAustralia

Nigel E. TurnerCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthTorontoCanada

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-72172-9 e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-72173-6

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Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Masood Zangeneh, Alex Blaszczynski, and Nigel E. Turner

Part I

2 Explaining Why People Gamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Michael Walker, Tony Schellink, and Fadi Anjoul

3 Games, Gambling, and Gambling Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Nigel E. Turner

4 Exploring the Mind of the Gambler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Ewa Czerny, Stephanie Koenig, and Nigel E. Turner

5 Individual Factors in the Development and Maintenance of ProblemGambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Masood Zangeneh, Alex Grunfeld, and Stephanie Koenig

6 Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Lisa Cavion, Carol Wong, and Masood Zangeneh

7 A Critical Perspective on Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Amnon Jacob Suissa

8 The Marketing of Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Masood Zangeneh, Mark Griffiths, and Jonathan Parke

9 Religiosity and Gambling Rituals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Robert Grunfeld, Masood Zangeneh, and Lea Diakoloukas

10 Buying a Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167G. E. Minchin

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Part II

11 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Problem Gamblers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Malcolm Battersby, Jane Oakes, Barry Tolchard, Angus Forbes,and Rene Pols

12 Psychopharmacological Management of Pathological Gambling . . . . 199Jon E. Grant, Suck Won Kim, and Marc N. Potenza

13 A Transpersonal Developmental Approach to Gambling Treatment . 211Gary Nixon and Jason Solowoniuk

14 How Science Can “Think” About Gamblers Anonymous . . . . . . . . . . . 229Peter Ferentzy and Wayne Skinner

15 Problem Gambling and Anger: Integrated Assessment and Treatment 251Lorne M. Korman, Emily Cripps, and Tony Toneatto

16 A Treatment Approach for Adolescents with Gambling Problems . . . 271Rina Gupta and Jeffrey Derevensky

17 The Evolution of Problem Gambling Helplines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291Gary Clifford

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Contributors

Fadi AnjoulDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of SydneyAustralia

Malcolm BattersbyFlinders Therapy Service for ProblemGamblersAustralia

Alex BlaszczynskiSchool of PsychologyUniversity of SydneyAustralia

Lisa CavionCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada

Gary CliffordConsultant, Responsible GamblingConsulting InternationalNew Zealandand private training practice

Emily CrippsCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada

Ewa CzernyCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada

Jeffrey DerevenskyDepartment of PsychiatryMcGill UniversityCanada

Lea DiakoloukasCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada

Peter FerentzyCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada

Angus ForbesFlinders Therapy Service for ProblemGamblersAustralia

Jon E. GrantUniversity of Minnesota MedicalSchoolUnited States of America

Mark GriffithsPsychology DivisionNottingham Trent UniversityUnited Kingdom

Alex GrunfeldInternational Journal of Mental Healthand AddictionCanada

Robert GrunfeldProfessional Advanced Servicesin Mental Health and AddictionCanada

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Rina GuptaSchool of Applied Child PsychologyMcGill UniversityCanada

Suck Won KimDepartment of PsychiatryUniversity of Minnesota MedicalSchoolUnited States of America

Stephanie KoenigCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada

Lorne M. KormanBritish Columbia Children’s HospitalThe Provincial Health ServicesAuthority of British Columbiaand the University of British ColumbiaCanada

G.E. MinchinBarrister and Solicitor of the HighCourtNew Zealand

Gary NixonSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of LethbridgeCanada

Jane OakesFlinders Therapy Service for ProblemGamblersAustralia

Jonathan ParkePsychology DivisionNottingham Trent UniversityUnited Kingdom

Rene PolsFlinders Therapy Servicefor Problem GamblersAustralia

Marc N. PotenzaDepartment of PsychiatryYale University School of MedicineUnited States of America

Tony SchellinkFaculty of ManagementDalhousie UniversityCanada

Wayne SkinnerCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada TorontoCanada

Jason SolowoniukSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of LethbridgeCanada

Amnon Jacob SuissaCentre de recherche Sur L′itinérance deL′UQAMUniversity of Quebec in OttawaCanada

Barry TolchardFlinders Therapy Servicefor Problem GamblersAustralia

Tony ToneattoCentre for Addiction and MentalHealth,and the University of TorontoCanada

Nigel E. TurnerCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada

Michael WalkerDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of SydneyAustralia

Carol WongSimon Fraser UniversityCanada

Masood ZangenehCentre for Research on Inner CityHealthSt. Michael’s HospitalCanada