Gambling, society and the evolution of risk-taking
In: Safety and Risk in Society
Foreword / Senator Nick Xenophon -- Acknowledgements -- Background -- Lessons from initiatives in problem gambling treatment and research -- Fear and loathing in Las Vegas now : a wider perspective on the gambling world -- Capital and craving : market capitalism and the burgeoning gambling industry -- The complex phenomenon of disordered gambling -- The life impact of problem gambling : an individual case study of recovery -- Assessing the prevalence of problematic gambling -- Service developments in the treatment of gambling disorder -- Harm creation and mitigation : the emerging business of gambling addiction -- Historical context of a state-wide gambling therapy service -- Naltrexone in the treatment of gambling disorders -- Gambling in aboriginal communities -- The rural context -- Efficacy of cognitive and exposure therapy in the treatment of gambling disorder -- Modelling longitudinal outcomes of a treatment program -- Adapting self-management principles in relapse prevention in gambling -- On-line gambling and the emergence of new consumers of gambling products -- Fiddling while Rome burns -- The 2014 European association for the study of gambling conference -- Index.