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New ! Development and psychometric evaluation of a three-dimensional Gambling Motives Questionnaire New !Guide to Problem Gambling Resources Online The Problem Gambling Library Information and Knowledge Centre more
Behind The 8-ball: A Guide For Families Of Gamblers
by Linda Berman And Mary-ellen Siegel Problem gambling from here? (Nov 2007.)What is the way forward for problem gambling prevention and harm minimisation? Dr Kawshi De Silva, Director Public Health of the Problem Gambling Foundation, argues the public health paradigm used to tackle health risks such as smoking, alcohol and obesity can also be used for problem gambling. more Gambling Public Health Workplan. New Zealand is the first country in the world to be adopting a serious public health approach to gambling. This Workplan aims to establish a broad framework for public health/health promotion practice on a national basis. more Regulating Social Problems: The Pokies, the Productivity Commission and an Aboriginal Community (2004) from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), Australian National University (ANU). more (pdf file) Smoking and Gambling Overlay. This article by L L Mandel and S A Glantz provides an interesting perspective on the tobacco industry. The focus of the piece is "To describe and understand the relationship between the tobacco and gambling industries in connection to their collaborative efforts to prevent smoke-free casinos and gambling facilities and fight smoke-free policies generally." more Youth Education Project Report - 2004. Our young people are one of the greatest affected and at risk populations for gambling. Youth are now growing up in a generation where gambling is highly visible, accessible and normalised. Gambling is often overlooked as a major issue that can have tremendous impacts on the development and quality of life of our young people. Click here to download the report. (pdf file) A public health approach for Asian people with problem gambling in foreign countries. There has been a rapid increase in Asian immigration to English-speaking countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Anecdotal accounts and research suggest high levels of participation in gambling by people from Asian countries. Asian problem gambling is seen as being a social rather than an individual problem compounded by difficulties with post-migration adjustment. more Cross-Border Gambling on the Internet: Challenging National and International Law. This book responds to repeated demands by academics and legal practitioners for a serious study of the major juridical questions associated with gaming via the Internet. more Is
problem gambling an addiction? Health Programs on Mental Health/Illness and Addiction Issues in Ethno-Racial/Cultural Communities - A Literature Review. Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. more (pdf file) Background to dream: impacts of tribal gaming in Washington State, by Cheryl Simrell King and Casey Kanzler. First Americans Education Project, July 2002. more (pdf file) Beyond the Limits of Recreation: Social Costs of Gambling in Southern Nevada by R. Keith Schwer, William N. Thompson, Daryl Nakamuro, 2003. more (pdf file) Gambling with Our Future? The Costs and Benefits of Legalized Gambling by Patrick Basham and Karen White, The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2002. more (pdf file) Measuring the Impact of Gambling: An Economist's View by Anne Hawke, Hawke Institute Working Paper Series No 4, University of South Australia, 2000. more (pdf file) 2002 Oregon and Washington Gaming Markets and Oregon Casino Survey by ECONorthwest, Portland, Oregon, 2002. more (pdf file) Untaxed and lightly regulated, Washington Research Council Special Report, November 14, 2002. more Measuring the Economic Impact of Electronic Gaming Machines in Regional Areas - Bendigo, a case study. more Compulsive Gambling in the Workplace and Financial Education: A Professional Perspective. Like alcoholics, individuals with gambling disorders affect many people within the community. A compulsive gambler impacts a number of people including spouses, children, parents, employers and co-workers. Employers can play a significant role in providing workers with current educational information to help mitigate problems caused by gambling. more AADAC (the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission) is an agency funded by the Government of Alberta to assist Albertans in achieving freedom from the harmful effects of alcohol, other drugs and gambling. Excellent resource site. more Multicultural Mental Health Australia. Publications on problem gambling in available in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Italian, Maltese, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. more Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand. Brochures available for youth, family, those experiencing personal gambling problems, and women in Mandarin & Cantonese, Korean, Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Niuean, Cook Island and Fijian. more Measuring the Economic Impact of Electronic Gaming Machines in Regional Areas - Bendigo, a case study. more (pdf file) The Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School's library and archives - you can download journal articles and publications written by the Division on Addiction's faculty, as well as lecture handouts and other materials. more Australia's Gambling Industries Inquiry Report. The inquiry report Australia's Gambling Industries was released on 16 December 1999. more Oregon Department of Human Services. Books, videos, curricula and other materials on the subject of problem gambling prevention and treatment. more The Responsible Gambling Council. A comprehensive library of resources on problem gambling. more Friday's Progress Notes. Articles on diagnosis and treatment of problem gambling. more Victorian Local Governance Association. Archive of the VLGA Bulletin including Gambling News. more The New York Council on Problem Gambling. Articles, research and publictions on problem gambling. more How I Keep From Gambling. By 26 compulsive Gamblers who Succeeded in Quitting. more The Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Articles and photographs on problem gambling. more Asian Gambling Bibliography, Rhys Stevens, Librarian, Alberta Gaming Research Institute. more (pdf file) Understanding Problem Gamblers. A practitioner's Guide to Effective Intervention. more The Age of Chance: Gambling in Western Culture. more Gambling in New Zealand. Gambling in New Zealand provides a long-overdue analisys of the dilemmas facing the public, policy-makers and politicians in the area of gambling, and examines how these have been historically resolved. more Don't Leave It to Chance: A Guide for Families of Problem Gamblers. more The Gambling Addiction Patient Workbook. more Counseling Problem Gamblers and Their Families: A Self-Regulation Manual for Individual and Family Therapy. more Behind the 8-Ball: A Recovery Guide for the Families of Gamblers. more Losing Your Shirt: Recovery for Compulsive Gamblers and Their Families. more This Must Be Hell: A Look at Pathological Gambling. more Understanding and Treating the Pathological Gambler. more Best Possible Odds: Contemporary Treatment Strategies for Gambling Disorders. more The
Gambling Addiction Patient Workbook. more
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