Patient Education Information

Gambling, When Is It a Problem? - The American Academy of Family Physicians offers this fact sheet.

Gamblers Anonymous: 20 Questions - Gamblers Anonymous offers the following questions to anyone who may have a gambling problem. These questions are provided to help the individual decide if he or she is a compulsive gambler and wants to stop gambling.

When Gambling Becomes a Bad Bet - The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has created this fact sheet.

Compulsive Gambling - The Mayo Clinic looks at this problem.

Compulsive Gambling - Texas A&M University also looks at the causes of and treatments for compulsive gambling.

Gambling Addiction Recovery - The Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery offers a lot of advice on their web site.

Seniors & Gambling - This fact sheet is from the State of Illinois Aging Homepage. Additional information can be found by using the section links.

MEDLINEPlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

Problem Gambling FAQ - This list of questions and answers is provided by the National Council on Problem Gambling.

Types of Gamblers - The characteristics of the different types of gamblers can be found at this psychologist’s site.

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