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P.O. Box 280035 Tampa, FL 33682 info@tgsrm.org Home Site Map What We Believe About The Founder ... Contact Us The individual who is experiencing a slow but steady loss of control over gambling behavior is facing a problem that can ruin the lives of up to ten or twelve other people, including his/her own, family's, friends', and work associates. Relationships deteriorate as the gambling results in serious neglect of other areas of life. The urge to gamble becomes more frequent, more insistent. Jobs and the welfare of the family become jeopardized as the gambler becomes caught in a web of obsession that leaves room for little else. The gambling behavior progresses until the gambler is alienated from others, depressed, possibly unemployed, even suicidal. At this point, the gambler may realize that his/her life is falling apart. He or she may desperately wish to change but fears that he/she cannot. Perhaps he/she has tried to quit many times before, but found the desire for "action" to be overwhelming. The gambler, who can be male or female, of any age, race or religion, has tried to use "will power" to stay away from those horse races, casinos, lotteries, bingo, dice, sports events, the stock market or any other gambling situation. His/her previous failures to do so cause despair. This is called "hitting bottom", and it is at this point that the gambler becomes willing to turn to outside help ...

62. Psychology Today Conditions Center, Compulsive Gambling Psychology Today Conditions Center, definitive resource for psychological terms and info, compulsive gambling. http://cms.psychologytoday.com/conditions/gambling.html

63. Compulsive Gambling In Michigan - Final Report - 1997 compulsive gambling in Michigan Final Report 1997 Table of Contents. 3. What are the Characteristics of Gambling and compulsive gambling? — 10. http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/pubs/1997TOC.htm

Compulsive Gambling in Michigan Final Report Table of Contents This Table of Contents is provided to allow linking to the separate Adobe Acrobat PDF sections of the Final Report. The page numbers refer to the pages in the published document. Because of the size of the report, sections of the report are packaged together to allow reasonable and convenient download sizes. Sections in the Table of Contents that are not linked, are included with one of the other sections of the report. The files range in size from 9 KB to 92 KB. Cover Acknowledgments iii Executive Summary v Literature Review The Literature Review Process What Are the Gambling Trends? What are the Characteristics of Gambling and Compulsive Gambling? In What Ways Has our Understanding of Gambling Problems Grown and Changed? Table 6. Characteristics Associated with Compulsive Gamblers How Good are the Completed Studies Summary and Implications for this Michigan Study Endnotes Focus Group Report The Detroit Focus Group Compulsive Gamblers The Kalamazoo Focus Group University Students State Police Focus Group Therapists and Counselors Focus Group Focus Groups Summary A Survey of Gambling Behaviors in Michigan Characteristics of the Sample Results (Survey Tables 7-18) Detailed Results Results for Problem Gamblers Summary References Appendix A: Research data and sources used in development of Figures 1-4 of the Literature Review Appendix B: Survey Form for Michigan Survey of Compulsive Gambling (Included in A Survey of Gambling Behaviors in Michigan

64. Gambling Addiction from this section. If your organization is interested in establishing a compulsive gambling consulting service, the IIAR can help. http://www.addictionrecov.org/addicgam.htm

This section of the IIAR Web site examines gambling addiction: What is gambling addiction? Who is affected? Treatment and counseling programs for compulsive gamblers. Included are the differences between casual social gambling and pathological gambling and the three phases of gambling addiction. In addition, you'll find information on recognizing gambling addiction , including the South Oaks Gambling Screen and the 20 Questions that Gamblers Anonymous asks its new members. Also included are Dr. Robert L. Custer's six types of gamblers and a section on identifying problem gambling in the workplace. You can also access information about the Institute's comprehensive, specialized treatment and counseling programs for compulsive gamblers from this section. If your organization is interested in establishing a compulsive gambling consulting service, the IIAR can help. In 1995, the Institute provided varying levels of gambling training to more than 600 professionals. To find out more about the subjects listed above, click on the following topics: What is pathological gambling?

65. Compulsive Gambling Consulting Services compulsive gambling consulting services. Thinking of integrating a compulsive gambling counseling service into your current program? IIAR can help. http://www.addictionrecov.org/counsgam.htm

Compulsive gambling consulting services Professionals interested in becoming certified compulsive gambling counselors and/or integrating a compulsive gambling consulting service into an existing program can find expert help at the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery at Proctor Hospital and BroMenn Regional Medical Center. Thinking of integrating a compulsive gambling counseling service into your current program? IIAR can help. The Institute has been treating persons with addictions and their family members since 1979. We have the first comprehensive, specialized gambling addiction treatment program in Illinois, established in 1993. Our trained staff of consultants can assist you in developing: A program that will maximize third-party reimbursement A DSM-IV-TR-based assessment tool Admission and continued length of stay criteria based on the ASAM patient placement material Financial assessment and treatment procedures Follow-up/aftercare programs A staff of certified gambling counselors Your program will be reviewed by a specialized assessment team. Following the assessment of your program, the team will forward a proposal for negotiation and contract development.

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Compulsive Gambling Due to length of topic, print out for easier reading. Click on PRINT in browser toolbar. Compulsive Gambling What Is Compulsive Gambling? Security Concerns Becoming a Compulsive Gambler Treatment ... Observable Workplace Behaviors What Is Compulsive Gambling? Moderate gambling, like moderate alcohol use, is an accepted part of our culture and causes no problems. As with alcohol use, however, gambling to excess is a common weakness that may lead to serious security problems. Compulsive gambling, or pathological gambling as most psychiatrists prefer to call it, is an inability to stop gambling even when one recognizes that gambling is causing serious financial, family, work, or other problems. Compulsive gambling parallels alcohol and drug addiction in many ways. Compulsive gamblers lose control over their behavior and commonly lie and cheat in order to continue their gambling. They frequently try, unsuccessfully, to cut down or quit. Compulsive gambling does not involve use of a psychoactive substance, but the "action" which compulsive gamblers crave is an aroused, euphoric state comparable to the "high" sought by drug users. This aroused state is accompanied by changes in brain chemistry similar to those caused by alcohol or drugs. There may be a "rush," often characterized by sweaty palms, rapid heart beat, and nausea which is experienced during the period of anticipation.

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69. Help For The Compulsive Gambler event in this nation which seems to cause people to finally call us for help, says Ed Looney, executive director of the Council on compulsive gambling of New http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/cen/ment/obcd/alert01302000.html

Mental Health Center Home Centers Mental Health Center Help for the Compulsive Gambler For millions of people, the Super Bowl is a time to gather with family and friends and have a good time. For others, it will be a day when they finally face the fact that they or someone they care about has a gambling problem. The Super Bowl is one of the biggest days of the year for gambling, but it is also a time of realization for many chronic gamblers, experts say. "Actually, the Super Bowl is sometimes as much a blessing as it is a curse for compulsive gamblers, because there is no other sporting event in this nation which seems to cause people to finally call us for help,'' says Ed Looney, executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, which runs the nation's busiest help hotline. According to a study by the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, America is facing a "serious problem'' with pathological gambling. The commission estimates that 2.5 million to 3.2 million American adults have been pathological gamblers at some time in their life. Legalized gambling on lotteries, casinos and other games of chance has risen sharply in the past 20 years, fueling concerns that more people will gamble in a way that hurts themselves, their families and their communities, the commission says. Mitzi Schlichter, the wife of former NFL quarterback Art Schlichter, knows firsthand the havoc that having a compulsive gambler in the family can bring. Her ex-husband sold whatever the family had of value - cars, furniture, even Mitzi's wedding ring - to get money to gamble. He fumbled his football career, ruined his family life and spent years in prison.

70. Pathological Gambling - Information / Diagnosis / Treatment / Prevention Arizona Council on compulsive gambling, Inc. compulsive gambling Center Providing helpline services, information about problem gambling and treatment. http://www.healthcyclopedia.com/mental-health/disorders/impulse-control/patholog

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72. Help For Compulsive Gamblers Gamblers Anonymous is a worldwide association of people who share the problem of compulsive gambling and work together to solve it. http://www.winneronline.com/articles/october1999/gamblersanonymous.htm

Free Contests Wednesday, June 2 Beginner's Guide Ask Max Top Picks Directory ... Poker Get free gambling tips and info! Subscribe to Gambling Newsletter Articles Help for compulsive gamblers by Regina Espinosa, WINNERonline 17 Oct 1999 Gamblers Anonymous is a worldwide association of people who share the problem of compulsive gambling and work together to solve it. The focus of GA is to help its members stop gambling. GA describes compulsive gambling as "an illness, progressive in its nature, which can never be cured, but can be arrested." GA characterizes the typical compulsive gambler as someone who is emotionally insecure and unable to see the real world. They gamble to feel in control of their lives and to feel accepted by a group of people. Another common reason these people gamble is to be financially independent without having to work for it. They "are very sick people who can recover if they will follow to the best of their ability a simple program that has proved successful for thousands of other men and women with a gambling or compulsive gambling problem." The GA program was started in 1957 by two friends who decided they had to help themselves overcome the problems in their lives caused by gambling. They decided that the key points were to admit they had a problem and needed help and to make permanent changes in their characters.

73. Compulsive Gambling - What Are You Willing To Risk? compulsive gambling What Are You Willing to Risk? By Larry Axmaker, EdD, PhD. compulsive gambling is a disorder of impulse control. http://vanderbiltowc.wellsource.com/dh/Content.asp?ID=848

74. MN DHS: Compulsive Gambling compulsive gambling. Problem gambling compulsive gambling Pathological gambling No matter what you call it, a gambling problem http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/compulsiveGambling/default.htm

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75. (MN DHS), Compulsive Gambling compulsive gambling. problems. (Evaluation of the Minnesota StateFunded compulsive gambling Treatment Programs Final Report, July 1997). http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/compulsiveGambling/fastfacts.htm

Home Search Help Compulsive Gambling Problem Gambling Program What Is Problem Gambling About Us Get Help Now Resources InfoCenter How Do I/We... A to Z Topics FAQs (?) Calendar ... Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Publications Bulletins Manuals Reports Fast Facts Over 80 percent of U.S. adults have reportedly gambled at least once in the past year and done so responsibly. Approximately one percent of adults (two million individuals), however, meet the criteria of a pathological gambler. Another 2 to 3 percent have less significant, yet serious, problems with their gambling. (National Council on Problem Gambling, March 2003) One third of problem gamblers who received treatment for compulsive gambling also received treatment for either chemical dependency or mental health problems. (Evaluation of the Minnesota State-Funded Compulsive Gambling Treatment Programs Final Report, July 1997) Gamblers who wagered larger amounts — more than $1,000 — in a day were more likely to complete treatment than those who did not. (Evaluation of the Minnesota State-Funded Compulsive Gambling Treatment Programs Final Report, July 1997)

76. Information On Compulsive Gambling compulsive gambling. What is compulsive gambling? For most people, gambling is fun and exciting, but simply a form of entertainment. http://www.umass.edu/fsap/issues/gambling.html

Compulsive Gambling This purpose of this web page is to provide general information on issues related to gambling, but is not meant to replace consultation with a mental health professional. If you are concerned about compulsive gambling in your own life, or that of another, please feel free to contact the FSAP office to set up an appointment. What is compulsive gambling? For most people, gambling is fun and exciting, but simply a form of entertainment. For others, gambling becomes an addiction known as compulsive gambling. For the compulsive gambler, the urge to gamble tends to grow stronger over time, while the negative results of the gambling grow worse. Once addicted, the compulsive gambler will risk finances, health, home, and family in order to keep gambling. Compulsive gambling has been called the "hidden addiction" because even though gambling can be psychologically devastating, there are no obvious physical signs of addiction. Many gamblers need help in recognizing the signs of compulsive gambling. Often the spouse, friends and employer of the compulsive gambler recognize the problems and seek help before the gambler does. How can you tell if someone has a gambling problem?

77. Compulsive Gambling Training compulsive gambling Training. Counseling Training Program . OVERVIEW. Problem and compulsive gambling - Counseling Training Program. http://cspl.uis.edu/ILAPS/TrainingPrograms/CompulsiveGambling/default.htm

uis home uis search CSPL Home Units of the Center ... Activities of the Center Institute for Legal and Policy Studies Training Programs Shopping Cart Back PCGC Training Schedule On-line Registration ... Gambling - Get Help Compulsive Gambling Training Counseling Training Program - The Illinois Department of Human Services, Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in conjunction with the Institute for Legal and Policy Studies, Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois at Springfield, is pleased to offer the Problem and Compulsive Gambling beginning and advanced training programs for all counselors and therapists who want to increase their skill and knowledge in assessing and treating problem and compulsive gambling. The training program will provide participants with a strong clinical base from which to deliver problem gambling treatment services. The course curriculum covers assessment, case planning, case management, monitoring, counseling, and advocacy. Additionally, training will ensure clinicians are knowledgeable of the services provided by the treatment, criminal justice and other behavioral health systems. OVERVIEW Problem and Compulsive Gambling - Counseling Training Program The Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association (IAODAPCA) has developed a certification and credentialing process for Counselors of Problem and Compulsive Gambling. This program will provide participants with the requisite knowledge for the written certification exam.

78. Compulsive Gambling And The Law When a compulsive gambler sues a casino, the legal question usually comes down to one issue Does the gambling operator owe a duty to protect the gambler from http://rose.casinocitytimes.com/articles/6064.html

Recent Articles Silly Suits Technically Not Slot Machines Winning A Jackpot Dispute In Mississippi Playboy and the Past and Future of Gambling Best of I. Nelson Rose The Bizarre Law of Dealer Schools Is It Bingo, Or A Slot Machine? The Ten Most Important Events In Gaming Law Big Brother (The IRS) Is Watching ... Send to a Friend Compulsive Gamblers Lose Again, In Court By I. Nelson Rose 2 June 2003 Most popular gaming on the internet? Visit our new directory of Online Casinos, Poker Rooms, Sportsbooks and Bingo "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all." When a compulsive gambler sues a casino, the legal question usually comes down to one issue: Does the gambling operator owe a duty to protect the gambler from himself? The answer is: No. Operators may owe a duty to the state. But at least in Indiana, a casino owes no duty to a compulsive gambler, even if the gambler's name is on the casino's list of players it is required to exclude. In an unusual coincidence, three different courts issued opinions on this same question during the first three months of 2003. All three decisions were as strong as they could possibly be in favor of the casinos. The facts of cases involving compulsive gamblers are often tragic. Sometimes, however, what is a tragedy to the individuals involved looks more like a dark comedy to outsiders.

79. Compulsive Gambling compulsive gambling. Definition compulsive gambling is the inability to resist impulses to gamble, leading to severe personal or social consequences. http://www.healthscout.com/ency/article/001520.htm

Advertisement Search HealthScout Web MEDLINE Special Offers TV Specials Top Features Schizophrenia Hair Loss Liver Disease Allergies ... Impotence Resources Healthscout News 3D Interactive Human Atlas Health Videos Health Encyclopedia ... Drug Library Channels Home Today Women Men ... Drug Checker Advertisement Disease Injury Nutrition Poison ... Prevention Compulsive gambling Definition: Compulsive gambling is the inability to resist impulses to gamble, leading to severe personal or social consequences. Alternative Names: Gambling - compulsive; Pathological gambling; Addictive gambling Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Pathological gambling affects 1-3% of adults, men more often than women. It usually begins in adolescence in men and later in women. This behavior usually progresses from occasional gambling to habitual gambling. The urge to gamble becomes so great that the tension can only be relieved by more gambling. Higher stakes and personal risks become involved, as well as neglect of other interests, family, and work. Severe family problems, financial ruin, and criminal behavior to support the gambling habit may result. The cause for this behavior is not known. One risk factor may be excessive alcohol use which lowers inhibitions and impairs judgment.

80. Warning Signs Of Compulsive Gambling Warning Signs. Where to Get Help, Outreach Programs. Warning Signs of compulsive gambling For Help with Problem Gambling call 1800-589-9966. http://www.ohiolottery.com/problem/warning2.html

Warning Signs Where to Get Help Outreach Programs Warning Signs of Compulsive Gambling For Help with Problem Gambling call 1-800-589-9966 Loss of control over amounts bet. Loss of control over frequency of wagering. Inability to meet financial obligations due to gambling. Mood swings at home, work or with friends when gambling fortunes away. Preoccupation with gambling during work or social events. Feelings of guilt or shame because of gambling. Inability to stop gambling. Compulsive gambling is a progressive behavior disorder in which an individual has an uncontrollable preoccupation with gambling. The gambling reaches a point where it compromises, disrupts, destroys the gambler's personal life, family relations and job. If you think that you have a gambling problem, then you probably do. A person can become a problem gambler whether he or she is gambling on bingo or casino games, stocks or sports, real estate or the lottery, horse racing or dice, dog racing or cards, even pool or video games. If gambling is a problem for you or for someone you know, there is hope and

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