Theme issue: Women and gambling

Guest editorial
By Rachel Volberg

Has there been a "feminization" of gambling and problem gambling in the United States?
By Rachel Volberg

The interactive effects of avoidance coping and dysphoric mood on problem gambling for female and male gamblers
By Anna Thomas and Susan Moore

Problem-solving skills in male and female problem gamblers
By Diane Borsoi and Tony Toneatto

Gender differences in psychiatric comorbidity and treatment seeking among gamblers in treatment
By James R. Westphal and Lera Joyce Johnson

Fruit machine addiction in an adolescent female: A case study
By Mark Griffiths

A feminist slant on counselling the female gambler: Key issues and tasks
By Roberta Boughton

Counseling Mary about her gambling problems: A self-reliant person
By Neasa Martin, with participants Monica L. Zilberman and Hermano Tavares, Evelyn McCaslin, Gary Nixon and Nina Littman-Sharp

Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Reflections on problem gambling therapy with female clients
[Author's name withheld by request]

Net-working the steps: Web-based support for women in recovery from problem gambling
Reviewed by Virginia M. McGowan

The changing participation of women in gambling in New Zealand
By Phillida Bunkle