Buddhist philosophy for the treatment of problem gambling

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-71

  Shonin, Edo ^a,b   Van Gordon, William ^b   Griffiths, Mark D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Awake to Wisdom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural addiction; Buddhism; Meditation; Mindfulness; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882274663     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JBA.2.2013.001     Document Type: Article

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