Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ357792
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Effects of Compulsive Gambling on the Family.
Gaudia, Ronald
Social Work, v32 n3 p254-56 May-June 1987
Discusses the "hidden illness" of compulsive gambling. Describes course of the disease, theories of compulsive gambling, effects of compulsive gambling on gambler's wife and children, the organization Gam-Anon, and human service agencies' staff training and counseling intake procedures. Recommends self-help groups for all family members. (ABL)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Family Problems, Mental Disorders, Self Help Programs, Social Work
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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