Pathological Gambling
Subtitle: The Making of a Medical Problem
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780791445211
Subjects: Gambling addiction; Psychopathology - Addiction; Mental Disorders; Psychology; Medical; PSY; PSY018000; Gambling - General; Mental Illness; Compulsive gambling
Description: "Drawing on five years of research, Castellani integrates the perspectives of Michel Foucault and Anselm Strauss to provide a unique view into the history of pathological gambling. He also combines rich descriptions of court cases and historical documents along with his own clinical experiences and first-hand accounts from gamblers and their families.

Together, these stories - which range from the gambling industry and treatment to the government and research - tell us how pathological gambling became a major social problem in the United States, how it was made into a medical disorder, and the impact its legalization and medicalization have had on our current society and gambling culture."--BOOK JACKET.