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Section 2. Theory and Practice, Clinical

The Good, the Bad, and the One-Armed Bandit: Transactional Analysis, Slot Machines, and Parental Object Transference

Pages 262-263
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Using some of the basic principles of transactional analysis in relation to the slot machine, this essay offers a new way to understand the psychological motivation behind gambling with the hope of offering new clinical insights that may improve treatment.

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Seth Himelhoch

Seth Himelhoch, M.D., is a second-year resident in psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and Brandeis University.