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. 1979 Feb;42(1):79-87.
doi: 10.1080/00332747.1979.11024008.

The compulsive gambler's spiral of options and involvement

H R Lesieur

The compulsive gambler's spiral of options and involvement

H R Lesieur. Psychiatry. 1979 Feb.

Abstract

The material presented in this report is not intended as an explanation of compulsive gambling. I do not pretend to be refuting the psychoanalytic or the personality theorists. Rather, I describe the changes that take place in the career of the person turned compulsive gambler. Some of what is described here adds to the already existing knowledge of the compulsion.

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