Author: Peter Ferentzy
Bio: Dr. Peter Ferentzy

Email        peter_ferentzy@camh.net

Peter Ferentzy holds a Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought from York University. His dissertation is a historical sociology of the origins and recent development of the modern concept of addiction with an emphasis on how it has interacted with ideas about mental illness and compulsions in general. Dr. Ferentzy has been studying Gamblers Anonymous since 2002. He has published on Gamblers Anonymous as well as the history of addiction. He has compiled annotated bibliographies and literature reviews on gambling related issues. Currently he is studying PG and its relation to substance abuse, as well as the role of metaphor in the construction of addiction and PG related terminology.