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The Compulsive Gambler’s Spiral of Options and Involvement
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The material presented in this report is not intended as an explanation of compulsive gambling. I do not pretend to be refuting the psychoanalytic or the personality theorists. Rather, I describe the changes that take place in the career of the person turned compulsive gambler. Some of what is described here adds to the already existing knowledge of the compulsion.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lesieur, H. R.
- Venue
- Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1979-02
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 79-87
- ISSN
- 0033-2747 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-281X
- OpenAlex
- W2264088920
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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