Early to Middle Twentieth Century: Psychoanalysis and Drug Addiction

摘要: This chapter begins with an account of early psychoanalytic theories about PG. These involve themes such as masochism (deep down, the gambler wants to lose) and, unsurprisingly, looked childhood determinants and unconscious. From there, however, we quickly turn narcotic addiction, which in twentieth century came set standard for addictions such. While alcoholism had provided first prototype, this changed when term “addict” be associated stereotypical junkie: a supposedly wretched, dishonest, reprehensible creature. Given that newly illicit drugs heroin cocaine become less popular among upper- middle-class whites, more often racial minorities underclass, public even scientific discussions drug addiction were increasingly marked by negative portrayals. Ironically, addicts vindicated these stereotypes assorted reasons wanting garner sympathy or (if recovered) distance themselves from their previous lives. All led conception would affect perceptions other compulsive disorders, PG was no exception.