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Canadian Problem Gambling Screen
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Mar 03,
2007
Problem gambling
Excess
of anything is not good and playing any form of gambling
to a extend that it has bad effect on the gambler and on
the persons related to gamblers. Excess of gambling will
ruined the employment in which the gambler is involved.
The community to which the gambler belongs is also badly
affected. The problem gambling effects the financial
position of the gambler and also educational, vocational
interest.
Problem gambling screen
Screening
of problem gambling means finding out the extend of
problem gambling within the gambler. Problem gambling
screen is very useful to get more correct and accurate
assessment of the gambling. There are various tools of
problem gambling screening. Mainly there are three
categories in which the gamblers are divided after the
screening. The categories are problem pathological
gambling, non gambler and problem gambler. Among the
various tools for screening problem gambling major one
is Lie-Bet tool. In this tool the gambler is put forward
with two questions and if the answer is yes to any one
of the question then further assessment is required. The
screening tools are mainly useful to quickly identify
the people with problem gambling and not undergoing any
kind of treatment to overcome it. This process is useful
if the gambler is not interested in undergoing a long
questionnaire.
Canadian problem gambling screen
There
are various problem
gambling tools for assessing the extend of gambling
problem. These tools assess the gambling involvement,
gambling behavior and the unfavorable consequences that
the excess gambling will cause. These tools are
developed with the aim to access the gambling problem
among the common people with less of questionnaire. It
does not require much time to find out the problem and
the level of the problem. Researches are carried out in
Canada to use these tools for the treatment of the
problem gamblers. Gambling is very popular among the
Canadian people so more tools are needed to be developed
to over come the problem gambling. Screening helps to
find out the extend of the problem which will further
help to take the treatment with more effectiveness. The
effective treatment will help to come out of problem
soon.
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