Arnie and Sheila Wexler Associates
Arnie is one of the foremost experts on compulsive gambling in this country, and has been involved in helping compulsive gamblers for over 30 years. Sheila Wexler is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC), and a Certified Compulsive Gambling Counselor (CCGC). Together they have authored many articles on the subject of Compulsive Gambling,
Their site is a source of articles on gambling problems which have been published over the last few years, and as such give an overview of how awareness of the problem has changed.
www.aswexler.com
Problem Gambling: A Canadian Perspective Website
Gerry Cooper has done an extensive critique of the current state of Internet resources regarding problem gambling, especially with a view towards the Canadian experience.
www.problemgambling.ca
International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behaviours
McGill University
This site details the research and treatment programs presently offered by the centre, under the direction of Jeffrey Derevensky, PhD. and Rina Gupta, PhD.
www.youthgambling.com/
Women Helping Women
A wonderful newsletter of exactly what it says: Women helping Women. It is intended to support and educate women in recovery for a gambling addiction.
www.femalegamblers.info
Gripped by Gambling
Julian Taber
The material available on this site is largely based on Taber’s book “In the Shadow of Chance”. The material is Gamblers Anonymous friendly. Although there is ample food for thought for clinicians, this book is also one of the few that speaks directly to “recovering” pathological/problem gamblers.
jtaber@whidbey.net
Regie Regionale De La Sante Et Des Services Sociaux
They are an organization that we feel do a very good job in many areas of public health, but we have been involved with them specifically in terms of issues of gambling (and, more recently, also domestic violence). There is access to an excellent publication under "prévention en pratique médicale" called Pathological Gambling: Gambling addiction: screening for this health problem and La dépendance au jeu: un problème de santé à dépister.
www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca/
Insight Nova Scotia
Insight Nova Scotia was an international problem gambling conference held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on October 4-6, 2004. Participants at Insight Nova Scotia explored ways to promote greater understanding among researchers, industry representatives, counsellors, educators, public policy makers and individuals experiencing gambling problems.
Insight Nova Scotia
PAF
This is an organization that specializes in debt management for people in crisis due to addictive behaviour. All debt whether through financial institutions or from illegal sources can be managed and organized for orderly payment.
www.paf.ca