GAMBLING BOOM in the UK – More Addicts than ever! Social Cost of Gambling

GAMBLING BOOM in the UK – More Addicts than ever! Social Cost of Gambling – GAMBLING BOOM in the UK – More Addicts than ever! Social Cost of Gambling There may be as many as 250000 problem gamblers in the UK. The anticipation and th…

Council of Churches to create special panel to address gambling addiction once …

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The new initiative will be called the Western Massachusetts Council for Gaming Accountability and will work with the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling to establish programs to help people who have or will develop gambling addictions.
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Responsible-gambling forum addresses issues of heightened oversight

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… a tenable five-year work plan among all sectors involved as gaming options proliferate – a process that "will ultimately lead to an expanded system of prevention, awareness, early intervention, and treatment services for persons at risk of gambling …
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Gambling addicts 'should receive specialist treatment from NHS in Wales'

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A world-renowned expert on problem gambling is calling on the Welsh Government to fund specialist care to treat addicts on the NHS. Consultant psychiatrist Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones has told S4C current affairs programme Taro Naw that a designated …
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