A Clinician's Guide to Working with Problem Gamblers by Henrietta Bowden-Jones

A Clinician's Guide to Working with Problem Gamblers by Henrietta Bowden-Jones

This is a comprehensive reference book on the psychiatric condition of problem gambling for mental health professionals and trainees.

"Problem gambling is being increasingly recognised as a major addiction that can create significant problems for patients and their familiesThis volume emerges from the experience of the clinicians who have to deal with it on a daily basis and brings together experts in the range of sciences that underpin an improved knowledge of gambling, how it can become an addiction, and how best to help people overcome it." – David Nutt, the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology Imperial College London

'A useful and informative textbook based on the work of the first and only NHS national clinic in the UK, this clinicians' guide will teach many health professionals and students the most evidence-based approach to tackling problem gambling issues' – Simon Wessely, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists

Henrietta Bowden-Jones is a doctor trained in psychiatry and neuroscience. She is Founder and Director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic CNWL NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Brain Science Division, Imperial College, UK. Sanju George is a consultant in addiction psychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, and is an opinion leader in the field of gambling addiction.

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ISBN 13	9780415732857
ISBN 10	0415732859
Title	A Clinician's Guide to Working with Problem Gamblers
Author	Henrietta Bowden-Jones
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2015-02-06
Number of pages	260
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