Casino Life: Psychology and Culture of Casino Gambling - Couverture souple

Watts, Phil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925644170 ISBN 13 : 9781925644173

Editeur : Australian Academic Press, 2018

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Dr Phil Watts has been working as a psychologist since 1990 in both the public and private sectors. He has been involved in professional training and community education covering issues such as sexual abuse, giving evidence in court, psychological assessment, internet pornography addiction, and risk-taking behavior. He teaches as an adjunct Associate Professor in clinical psychology at Canberra University and clinical master's supervisor at Murdoch University. He currently runs his own practice, Mindstate Psychology, where he specialises in treating a range of issues including trauma, internet pornography, legal issues, shared care, and parenting arrangements. Phil is also an occasional guest lecturer on specialist subjects at the University of Western Australia, Curtin University, and Murdoch University in both the psychology and law departments. He has written five previous books as well as co-authored the highly successful Fit to Practice: Everything you wanted to know about starting your own psychology practice in Australia but were afraid to ask.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Casino Life is for those seeking to know more about casinos and their psychological effects, those who seek to find out why others gamble, and those who do gamble. Find out why people gamble, why gambling can become addictive and the treatments used to help problem gamblers, as well as the beliefs around gambling and some of the elaborate theories people use to explain why they try to defy mathematical odds.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Australian Academic Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1925644170
• ISBN 13: 9781925644173
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 92