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Towards a Cognitive-Behavioural Theory of Problem Gambling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Louise Sharpe  and
Nicholas Tarrier
Louise Sharpe*
Affiliation:
Badham Clinic, Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Nicholas Tarrier
Affiliation:
Badham Clinic, University of Sydney, Australia
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A heuristic model to account for the development and maintenance of problem gambling is provided with the aim of directing clinical management and future research. Previous explanations of problem gambling have been limited in two main ways. Firstly, the models have been primarily descriptive, and secondly they have generally lacked clinical value. Most explanations have ignored the mechanisms through which this behaviour becomes problematic, and have not identified the relationships between different variables.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 3 , March 1993 , pp. 407 - 412
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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