Sociological speculations on treating problem gamblers: A clinical sociological imagination via a bio-psycho-social-sociological model

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-138

  Bernhard, Bo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial model; Clinical sociology; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547640993     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764207304860     Document Type: Article

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