Full Description
This edited volume aims to facilitate the evolution of the new public health approach towards gambling. Bringing together the work of international experts, it gives a current overview of the field, highlighting the need for a coordinated framework of prevention and harm reduction measures to replace current "player protection" measures.
Chapters begin by exploring the impact of problem gambling, looking at its effects on several levels, ranging from the individual to the family and society. Subsequently an overview of prevention and harm reduction models is presented, bringing the reader to an in-depth understanding of what a public health approach to gambling would entail. Later chapters focus on potential challenges to monitoring and evaluation, inviting the reader to envisage possible barriers towards implementation and ways of overcoming these. The book concludes with recommendations on how to take a harm reduction approach, from a political and human rights perspective.
This work gives a rare synopsis of the present-day issues when considering the implementation of a harm reduction strategy for gambling. Recent work by key professionals is presented in order to encourage further developments in this ever-changing domain. Such issues will be relevant to all those with an interest in the field of problem gambling, from clinicians, students and healthcare professionals, to politicians.
Contents
Preface
Nady el-Guebaly
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Cheryl Dickson, Caroline Dunand, Olivier Simon, Henrietta Bowden-Jones
Section 1: Impact and current understanding of gambling disorder
Chapter 1: Gambling and democracy
Peter Adams
Chapter 2: Measuring harm from gambling and estimating its distribution in the population
Matthew Browne
Chapter 3: The social cost of excessive gambling
Claude Jeanrenaud, Mélanie Gay, Dimitri Kohler, Jacques Besson, Olivier Simon
Chapter 4: The normalisation of dangerous gambling: An ethical issue
Jim Orford
Chapter 5: Family members affected by excessive gambling
Jim Orford
Chapter 6: Neurocognitive components of gambling disorder: Implications for assessment, treatment and policy
Juan F. Navas, Joël Billieux, Antonio Verdejo-García, José C. Perales
Section 2: Harm reduction models and initiatives
Chapter 7: Defining harm reduction as part of a public health approach towards gambling
Olivier Simon, Jean-Félix Savary, Gabriel Guarrasi, Cheryl Dickson.
Chapter 8: Effective harm minimisation practices: Public health implications
Darren R. Christensen
Chapter 9: Harm prevention and reduction efforts in gambling disorder: An international perspective
Charles Livingstone
Chapter 10: The role of treatment in reducing gambling-related harm
David C. Hodgins, Magdalen Schluter
Chapter 11: Public health and gambling: The potential of nudge policies
Magaly Brodeur
Chapter 12: Early detection of at-risk gambling to reduce harm
Suzanne Lischer
Chapter 13: Behavioural tracking in gambling: The use and efficacy of online responsible gambling tools
Mark D. Griffiths
Section 3: Challenges to evaluation and monitoring
Chapter 14: A logical framework for the evaluation of a harm reduction policy for gambling
Jean-Michel Costes
Chapter 15: Is income derived from problem gambling a good assessment indicator of a responsible gambling strategy?
Jean-Michel Costes
Chapter 16: Challenges of online gambling for risk and harm reduction
Louise Nadeau, Magali Dufour, Richard Guay, Sylvia Kairouz, Jean-Marc Ménard, Catherine Paradis
Conclusion
Cheryl Dickson, Caroline Dunand, Olivier Simon, Henrietta Bowden-Jones
Index
