Alcohol Consumption and Problem Gambling as Forms of Resistance

Date
2004-04-12
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
eCOMMUNITY: International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore the idea of problem or pathological gambling as a form of resistance. The intention is to discover in what ways and to what extent problem gambling might be conceptualized as a form of resistance, without negating other and related aspects of etiology.
Description
Copyright © Masood Zangeneh, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction
Keywords
Resistance (Psychoanalysis), Compulsive gambling -- Psychological aspects
Citation
Borrell, J. (2004). Alcohol consumption and problem gambling as forms of resistance. eCOMMUNITY: International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 2(1).