Change Your Gambling Contributor(s): Shaffer, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470933070 ISBN-13: 9780470933077 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Addiction - Games & Activities | Gambling - General (see Also Self-help - Compulsive Behavior) - Self-help | Personal Growth - General |
Dewey: 158.1 |
LCCN: 2011042388 |
Series: Harvard Health Publications |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.02" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A research-based guide to controlling the destructive urge to gamble 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.
With candor and expert advice, Change Your Gambling, Change Your Life provides proven techniques for controlling the urge to gamble. |