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Peer reviewedGaudia, Ronald – Social Work, 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.…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Family Problems, Mental Disorders, Self Help Programs
