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Recommended Reading Material for Treatment Professionals
The South Oaks Gambling Screen (The SOGS): A New Instrument for the Indentification of Pathological Gamblers by H. R. Lesieur and S. B. Blume. American Journal of Psychiatry, 144, pp. 1184-1188 (1987)
A General Theory of Addictions: Rationale for and Evidence for Supporting a New Approach for Understanding and Treating Addictive Behaviors by D. F. Jacobs. In H. J. Shaffer, S.A. Stein, B. Gambino, and T. N. Cummings (Eds.) Compulsive Gambling: Theory, Research and Practice (pp. 35-64). Lexington, MA: Lexington Books (1989)
When Lady Luck Losses: The Female Pathological Gambler by H. R. Lesieur and S. B. Blume. In N. van den Berg (Ed.), Feminist Perspectives on Addictions, (pp. 181-197). New YorK: Springer (1991a)
Neuropsychological Assessment of Attention Problem in Pathological Gamblers by L. J. Rugle and L. Melamed. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 181, pp. 107-112 (1993)
A Psychodynamic Approach to the Treatment of Pathological Gambling: Part I by R. J. Rosenthal and L. J. Rugle. Journal of Gambling Studies, 10, pp. 21-42 (1994)
Adolescent Gambling by M. D. Griffiths. London: Routledge (1995)
Results of a 1995 Survey of Gamblers Anonymous members in Illinois by H. R. Lesieur and C. W. Anderson. Evanston, IL: Illinois Council on Problem and Compulsive Gambling (1995)
Pathological Gambling: A Critical Review. National Research Council, Washington, DC: National Academy Press (1999)
A Pathways Model of Problem Gambling by A. P. Blaszcynski and L. Nower, Addiction, Volume 97 (2007)
The Molecular Genetics of Pathological Gambling by D. E. Comings, M.D., CNS Spectrums, Volume 3, Number 6, June, June 1998
Best Possible Odds: Contemporary Treatment Strategies for Gambling Disorders by W. G. McCown and L. L. Chamberlain, New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2000)
Problem Gamblers and Their Families: A Guide for Treatment Professionals, Denver, CO: National Council on Problem Gambling and Naional Endowment for Financial Education (2000)
Counseling Problem Gamblers: A Self-Regulation Manual for Individual and Family Therapy by J. W. Ciarrocchi, San Diego, CA: Academic Press (2002)
Gambling Problems In Youth: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives by J. L. Derevensky and R. Gupta, New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (2004)
Motivational Enhancement Therapy for Problem and Pathological Gamblers: A Five Session Curriculum-Based Group Intervention by A. Fields, MA, CACC III, CGAC II, Portland, OR: Vancouver, WA: Hollifield Associates (2004)
Pathological Gambling: A Clinical Guide to Treatment by J. E. Grant, J.D., M.D., M.P.H. and M. N. Potenza, M.D., Ph.D., Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (2004)
Gambling: The Hidden Addiction by D. Phillips, Behavioral Health Magazine, Septemer/October (2005)
Pathological Gambling: Etiology, Comorbidity, and Treatment by N. M. Petry, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (2005)
Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders (Problem Gambling): Excerpts from a Treatment Improvement Protocol TIP 42, Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2005)
Overcoming Pathological Gambling: Therapist Guide by R. Ladoceur and S. Lachance, New York, NY: Oxford University Press (2007)
This information on problem gambling is offered solely in the interest of helping those individuals who have developed problems with their gambling behaviors. If you or someone you know exhibits the behaviors of problem gambling, seek help. The information provided here is not meant to be a substitute for treatment.