Teen Gambling - Understanding a Growing Epidemic

Aided by technological advances in the gaming industry, new forms of gambling are continually evolving that have wide appeal to underage youth. This book is intended to provide parents and educators with the most recent information on youth gambling, ways in which they may help teens with gambling problems overcome their addiction, and resources and strategies available to help minimize harm associated with gambling. Case studies and vignettes from clinical treatment and focus groups will be provided.

List of contents

Preface

1: Gambling: An Introduction and Historical Perspective
2: Gambling Behaviors Among Adolescents
3: Adolescent Problem Gambling
4: Measuring and Assessing Adolescent Problem Gambling
5: Preventing Adolescent Problem Gambling
6: Helping Adolescents with Gambling Problems
7: Gambling as a Public Health Issue

Bibliography

About the author

Jeffrey Derevensky is a child psychologist and currently Professor and Director of Clinical Training of School/Applied Child Psychology, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology; Professor, Department of Psychiatry; and Professor, Department of Community Dentistry at McGill University. As well, he is Co-director of the McGill University's Youth Gambling Research & Treatment Clinic and McGill University's International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors. He is a clinical consultant to numerous hospitals, school boards, government agencies and corporations. He is the co-editor of the textbook Gambling Problems in Youth: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives (Kluwer/Plenum, 2004), and he is the author of several book chapters, journal articles, research reports, book reviews, and curriculum materials.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Derevensky, Jeffrey L Derevensky, Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Derevensky Jeffrey L.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2015
• EAN: 9781442202276
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0227-6
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Age groups: adolescents, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Juvenile Criminal Law, Licensing, gaming and club law, Licensing, gaming & club law