Gambling Problems in Youth: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives

1. Youth gambling in North America: Long term trends and future prospects Durand Jacobs . 2. Demographic, psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with youth gambling and problem gambling. Randy Stinchfield. 3. Gambling, depression, and suicidality in adolescents Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling. 4. Gambling and drug abuse in adolescents Ken Winters, Nicole Arthur, Willa Leitten and Andria Botzet. 5. Adolescent problem gambling: Neurodevelopment and pharmacological treatment Jon Grant, Andrew Chambers, and Marc Potenza. 6. Youth and technology: The case of gambling, video-game paying and the Internet Mark Griffiths and Richard Wood. 7. The measurement of youth gambling problems: Current instruments, methodological issues and future directions Jeffrey Derevensky and Rina Gupta. 8. A dynamic process perspective on gambling problems Carlo C. DiClemente, Janine Delahanty, and Debra Schlundt. 9. A treatment approach for adolescents with gambling problems Rina Gupta and Jeffrey Derevensky. 10. A pathways approach to treating youth gamblers Lia Nower and Alex Blaszczynski. 11. Prevention efforts toward reducing gambling problems Jeffrey Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Laurie Dickson, Anne-Elyse Deguire. 12. Youth gambling problems: A need for effective social policy Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Carmen Messerlian, and Meredith Gillespie.