The History of Problem Gambling Temperance, Substance Abuse, Medicine, and Metaphors /

• Main Authors: Ferentzy, Peter (Author), Turner, Nigel E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Public health.; Psychiatry.; Sociology.; Health psychology.; Health Psychology.; Sociology, general.; Public Health.

Peter Ferentzy and Nigel E. Turner The History of Problem Gambling: Temperance, Substance Abuse, Medicine, and Metaphors   This book documents the history of ideas about problem gambling and its link to addictive disorders. Using a combination of literature review and conceptual and linguistic analy...

Table of Contents:

• The history of gambling and its intersection with technology,religion, medical science, and metaphors
• Pathological gambling as an idea: what does it mean?.- Pathological gambling up to the early twentieth century: sins, disease metaphors, and early efforts and medicalization
• Early to middle twentieth century: alcohol, denial, and the need for ascendancy
• The pendulum swings back.- Current situation and future directions
• Concluding discussion .