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General Information
Provides resources and information to raise the awareness of problem gambling in Indiana and works to support the treatment and prevention efforts of the state.The Indiana Council on Problem Gambling strives to generate awareness, promote education, and be an advocate for quality treatment of problem gamblers in the State of Indiana.
The Mission of the National Council on Problem Gambling is to increase public awareness of pathological gambling, ensure the widespread availability of treatment for problem gamblers and their families, and to encourage research and programs for prevention and education.
Provider of government, political, and business information in Indiana since 1989.
Prevention-Specific
The NCPG is the national advocate for programs and services to assist problem gamblers and their families. The goal of this campaign is to educate the general public and health care professionals about the warning signs of problem gambling and raise awareness about the help that is available both locally and nationally.Mission: To reduce the negative effects of gambling in Lane County communities through coordinating effective prevention strategies.
Help & Treatment - Specific
List of state-funded, certified gambling treatment providers throughout the state.For a complete list of Indiana Gamblers Anonymous meetings
For a complete list of Indianapolis Gamblers Anonymous meetings
Support for spouse, family, or close friends of the problem gambler.
Blocks access to all Internet gambling sites on the World Wide Web.
Indiana Gaming Commission program allows individual to exclude themselves from all Indiana casinos for one year, five years or life by signing up for this program.
Mailing Lists
A problem gambling awareness listserv has been created to keep professionals (both prevention and treatment) up-to-date on problem gambling trainings, workshops, conferences, clinical supervision calls, and much more. It is also a forum to share information with your colleagues.Yahoo! group; mailing list forum for professionals who work with gambling issues or problems (requires free membership).
Recovery
News and support for female gamblers in recovery.Research
An unprecedented national report on gambling impacts completed by the National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC) in 1999 and submitted to the President, Congress, state governors, and tribal leaders; also see the Gambling Impact and Behavior Study, completed in 1999 and submitted to the NGISC.The Worldwide Addiction Gambling Education Report is a research bulletin published by the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling; it is intended to disseminate information about the study of pathological gambling.
The Centre is committed to understanding and addressing youth risk-taking behavior by actively engaging in research, training, service, treatment, prevention, information dissemination, and policy development.
The mission of the Division on Addictions at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate is to strengthen worldwide understanding of addiction through innovative research, education, and the global exchange of information.
The UCLA Gambling Studies Program (UGSP) is devoted to understanding pathological gambling, its causes, natural history, cultural factors, and the obstacles to successful treatment.
For Youth
Interactive resource for sports wagering education.For youth "A Cool Magazine for Kids Concerned about Gambling."
A fun and interactive youth gambling website from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
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