- Chapter 1 - Gambling Addiction
- Definition
- Twenty Questions
- Addiction
- Essential Features
- Predisposing Factors
- Familial Pattern
- Diagnoses and Labels
- Important Issues
- The Video Gambling Machine
- Responsible Gambling
- The Arguments in Favour of Video Gambling
- The Arguments Against Video Gambling
- Chapter 2 - Why Do People Gamble?
- What Starts and What Maintains Pathological Gambling?
- #1 Greed and the Desire for Money and Power
- #2 Learning and Reinforcement
- #3 Social Learning, Modeling and Vicarious Satisfaction
- #4 “Chasing the Loses”
- #5 Lost Pride and Self-Defense
- #6 Gambling is Entertainment and a Fun Activity
- #7 Addiction to Video Games may Lead to Pathological Gambling
- #8 Living is a Gamble
- #9 Arousal Reduction Hypothesis
- #10 Arousal Enhancement Hypotheses
- #11 Psychodynamic Interpretation
- The unconscious, unresolved issues formulation
- #12 Cognitive Dysfunction Hypotheses
- Defence Mechanisms
- Cognitive Dissonance
- The Abstinence Violation Effect
- #13 Personality and Vulnerability Hypotheses
- Impulse control
- #14 Biological Theories
- Summary Statement
- Chapter 3 - Rehabilitation and Therapy
- My Recovery: Plans and Progress
- Self-Assessment
- I. Personal Inventory
- II. Problem List
- III. Asset List
- IV. Goals and Objectives
- Excess Behaviour Assessment
- Readiness Assessment
- 1) Insight
- 2) Commitment
- 3) Allies:
- Why Do I Gamble?
- Triggers
- Individual Recovery Program
- I. Join Gamblers Anonymous
- II. Go Public.
- III. Change Specific Behaviour
- Hypothesis #1 – Greed.
- Hypothesis #2 – Learning and Reinforcement
- Hypothesis #3 – Social Learning and Vicarious
- Hypothesis #4 – Chasing your losses
- The basic stress management procedure
- Hypothesis #5 – Lost Pride and Defensiveness
- Hypothesis #6 – Gambling as Entertainment
- Hypothesis #7 – Addiction to electronic entertainment
- Hypothesis #8 – Life is a Gamble
- Hypothesis #9 – Arousal and/or Anxiety Reduction
- Hypothesis #10 – Arousal Enhancement
- Hypothesis #11 – Psychodynamic Interpretation
- Hypothesis #12 - Cognitive Dysfunction Hypotheses
- Hypothesis #13 – Psychosocial and Personality
- Biochemical Theory
- Impulse Control
- Relapse Prevention
- Daily Record
- Preventing Pathological Gambling
- Summary
- APPENDIX A: Regulated Breathing and Self-Control
- APPENDIX B: The Pausing Breath
- APPENDIX C: Stop and Think
- APPENDIX D: Thought Stopping Technique
- APPENDIX E: Thought Replacement
- APPENDIX F: Response Substitution
- APPENDIX G: Systematic Problem Solving
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