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

www.femalegamblers.org

www.nrgs.org.au

www.g-line.org.au

www.gamblingproblem.org

www.gamblingproblemga.org

www.femalegamblers.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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