Understanding gamblers anonymous - a practitioner’s guide

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Disordered Gambling

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 251-262

  Ferentzy, Peter ^a   Skinner, Wayne ^a   Antze, Paul ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcoholics anonymous (AA); Disordered gambling; Gambler s anonymous (GA); Twelve step recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018869497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118316078.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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