1. Foundations for understanding. Introduction
Terminology, prevalence rates, and types of gambling
Assessment
2. Etiology. Demographic correlates
Comorbidity of disordered gambling and other psychiatric disorders
Neurobiology and genetics
3. Research on interventions. Pharmacotherapies
Recovery without professional interventions
Therapy for families and significant others
Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic treatments
Early behavioral treatments
Cognitive biases and cognitive therapy
4. A treatment model
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
Brief and motivational interventions
5. Conclusions. Prevention: focus on gambling in youth and young adults
Conclusions.