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You bet your life : the burdens of gambling / Neil D. Isaacs.
- Title
- You bet your life : the burdens of gambling / Neil D. Isaacs.
- Author
- Isaacs, Neil D., 1931-
- Publication
- Lexington, KY : The University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RC569.5.G35 I82 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 274 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In You Bet Your Life, Neil Isaacs, himself a lifelong gambler, a licensed therapist specializing in the treatment of pathological gamblers, and a writer and scholar of gambling literature, methodically debunks several prominent gambling myths." "Dozens of examples, from fiction and film as well as case histories, show the different ways in which gambling can be abused and misunderstood. Isaacs argues that pathological gambling is not just a simple impulse control disorder, making this a valuable book for anyone who knows a gambler."--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and indes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Seven other myths about gambling -- Gambling and the irrational -- The high-profile profile -- The compulsion to lose -- Gambling and anxiety -- Gambling and depression -- Gambling and psychosis -- Filling the void -- Gambling and the brothers barthelme -- Gambling and personality disorders -- Gambling and addiction -- Dilemmas of diagnosis and treatment.
- ISBN
- 0813121957
- LCCN
- ^^^00012279^
- OCLC
- 45363159
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library