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International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2/2006

01-04-2006

Critical Commentary by an EGM Gambler, October 2004: Introduction by Jennifer Borrell

Author: Jennifer Borrell

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 2/2006

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Excerpt

I received the following correspondence in response to my article (Borrell, 2003) from an Australian gambler who has evidently suffered greatly through her long contact with gaming machines. I was immediately struck by the profoundness of its substance and the evocative slant given to concepts that otherwise receive routine and often shallow treatment within the gambling literature. Thus, with the writer's permission, I submitted the letter for publication for the contribution I believe it can make to our shared understanding of what exactly constitutes ‘problem gambling,’ especially as associated with gaming machines. …
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Borrell, J. (2003). Values in gambling research and implications for public policy. eCOMMUNITY: International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 1(1).
Metadata
Title
Critical Commentary by an EGM Gambler, October 2004: Introduction by Jennifer Borrell
Author
Jennifer Borrell
Publication date
01-04-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-006-9013-0

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