Useful Resources

Books

Don’t Leave It to Chance : A guide for families of problem gamblers—Edward Federman, Charles Drebing & Christopher Krebs (self-help book)

Adolescent gambling– Mark Griffiths

Teenage Gambling— Carol Silverman Saunders

Losing Your Shirt - Mary Heineman (self-help book)

Behind The 8-Ball—A Guide For families Of Gamblers - Linda Berman & Mary –Ellen Siegel (self-help book)

Overcoming Compulsive Gambling—A Self–Help Guide - Professor Alex Blaszczynski

Stop Gambling—A- Self-Help Manual For Giving Up Gambling - Simon Milton

Wanna Bet—Winners And Losers In Gambling’s Luck myth - Tim Costello & Royce Mille

Stop Gambling Start Living - Laraine Rasmussen.

House of Cards: Hope for gamblers and their families - Tom Raabe.

The Addictive Personality—Craig Nakken

Creating Self Esteem—Lynda Field

Practical Financial Strategies Booklet : A Self Help Guide for Problem Gamblers By Gerri Coleman (Contact Central Coast Problem Gambling Service, 02 4344 7992).

Kits & Videos

Women & Gambling Information Kit — Karen Richardson & Kate Roberts- contact GISW(NSW) 02 44215 077

Less then Even: the hidden Cost of gambling ( video). Contact GISW(NSW) 02 44215 077

"Against The Odds" Youth & Gambling (CD-ROM) - Contact GISW(NSW) 02 44215 077

No More Bets Please (video). Contact monkeysee@monkeysee.com.au or sales@livingsolutionsbookshop.com.au

Free Yourself—Self-help Guide and Audio Tape kit - cost $49.95 (Contact Gabriela Byrne, 0414 844 387)

My Passionate Affair with Poker Machines (video) - $49.95 (Contact Gabriela Byrne, 0414 844 387)

Free Yourself (video) - $49.95 (Contact Gabriela Byrne, 0414 844 387)

You Figure It Out — Resource Kit (including video, Cd and training notes for Community Education with High School Students— Know The Odds, Tel: 0417107440

Overcoming Compulsive Gambling - desensitisation/relaxation audio tapes (Contact Prof. Alex Blaszcynski, - Westmead Hospital, Sydney)

Illawarra Health Gambling Recovery Program - group treatment manual for counsellors - (Contact Kate Roberts 02 44 228111)

General Interest Websites

www.socialwork.unimelb.edu.au

www.gambling.anu.edu.au

www.nopokies.org

www.amavic.com.au

www.unsw.edu.au

www.ncbl.nlm.gov

www.medicineau.net.au

www.home.vicnet.net.au

www.internal.octa4.net.au

www.afm.mb.ca

www.knowodds.org

www.thewager.org

www.societystudygambling.co.uk

www.responsiblegambling.org

www.camh.net

http://www.nags.org.au/

www.pgfnz.co.nz

www.hsc.co.nz

Self-Help Websites

University of Queensland CBT research project:

http://experiment.psy.uq.edu.au/selfhelp/

Australian based Internet Support Group links:

http://www.improvingtheodds.com.au

Problem Gambling Guide: http://www.problemgamblingguide.com

Getting Past Gambling: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GettingPastGambling/

Kaz’s Coffee Lounge: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/kazscoffeelounge/

GamblingWatch (NZ Coalition for Gambling Reform, Inc) www.gamblingwatch.org.nz

www.gamblersanonymous.org/mtgdirAus

www.aswexler

www.relationships.au

Women Helping Women www.femalegamblers.info

www.nrgs.org.au

www.g-line.org.au

www.gamblingproblem.org

www.gamblingproblemga.org

wwwsvh.stvincents.com.au/gambling/gambling.htm

www.education.mcgill.ca

www.miph.org/gambling/

www.gisnsw.org.au

www.freeyourself.com.au

www gamblingproblem.co.nz

www.responsiblegambling.qld.gov.au

www.responsiblegambling.org

Shoalhaven Gambling Resource Library

GIS (NSW) Inc. developed community library with reports, books, self-help literature & videos for loan to GIS (NSW) Inc. groups and others in Shoalhaven locality. Can supply resource list and always looking for ideas for additions. Contact: GIS (NSW) Inc. 02 44215077

(DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? PLEASE SEND THEM TO US SO WE CAN SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH OTHERS)

NZ Resources

•PG Counselling Manual

•PG Education In High Schools- manual and Video

•Pow Pokies T-shirts

•Stakeholders Report 2006

•Facts Sheets On Gambling

Contact: www.pgfnz.co.nz

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