Gambling Disorders in Women: An International Female Perspective on Treatment and Research

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 10
List of contributors......Page 13
Introduction......Page 24
PART 1 Africa......Page 26
1 Gambling amongst South African women: an exploration of the impact of gambling over the past twenty years......Page 28
PART 2 America......Page 58
2 Gender comparative analysis of gambling patterns in Canada......Page 60
3 Gambling disorder impacts homeless to affluent women in the US......Page 77
4 South America – women and compulsive gambling: caught between frustration and revenge......Page 88
PART 3 Asia......Page 98
5 A mother and a gambler: echoes of socio-cultural views in the perception of motherhood of Jewish Israeli women with gambling problems......Page 100
6 A review of literature: gambling problems among the female populations in Hong Kong......Page 112
PART 4 Europe......Page 122
7 Factors influencing treatment-seeking behavior in female pathological gamblers: a comparison of treatment centers in Austria and Germany......Page 124
8 Gambling problems in women: French specificities......Page 137
9 Female gambling in Italy: a specific clinical experience......Page 149
10 Gender and responsible gambling in Spain: the Social Gambling Questionnaire for Women (SGQW-47), a new screening instrument......Page 166
11 Gambling and gender in Sweden......Page 178
12 Effectiveness of self-exclusion: the experiences of female gamblers in three Swiss casinos......Page 187
13 The ‘re-feminisation’ of gambling: social, cultural and historical insights into female gambling behaviour in Great Britain......Page 198
14 Overcoming barriers: a relational exploration of the treatment of women in an NHS problem gambling service in the UK......Page 212
15 ‘Getting your money for nothing’: narratives of self and value in women’s ‘at-home’ gambling practices......Page 225
16 Changes and repeating patterns 2001–2015......Page 234
17 Women and gambling: a UK perspective......Page 241
PART 5 Oceania......Page 258
18 A review of research into problem gambling amongst Australian women......Page 260
19 Gender differences in risk and protective factors for problem gambling......Page 272
20 Nga Pou Wahine: gambling misuse and Māori women in New Zealand......Page 293
Index......Page 304