Feb 04, 2025  
Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Catalog 2024-2025

HS 151 Compulsive Gambling


Lecture Hours: 1
Credits: 1

Covers basic information concerning problem gambling and its consequences. Focuses on the stages of progression from recreational to pathological gambling. Addresses screening, diagnosis, intervention and treatment.

Prerequisite: HS 101  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Identify problem gambling and related consequences. 
  2. Identify the stages of progression in problem gambling. 
  3. Articulate conceptual models which describe the condition. 
  4. Explain screening, diagnosis, intervention and treatment processes. 


Content Outline
  • Introduction to the Problem of Pathological Gambling 
    • Background 
    • Prevalence 
    • General Concepts 
  • Stages of Progression 
  • Screening, Diagnosis, Intervention 
  • Treatment