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| Suicide Prevention Help - Global Web Directory » Groups at Risk » Addicts » Compulsive Gamblers
| Gamblers and Suicide Ideation - http://www.abgaminginstitute.ualberta.ca/pdfs/suicide.pdf Offers a collection of resources related to suicidal thinking and gambling. |
| Casino Watch - Gambling Addiction Suicides - http://www.casinowatch.org/suicides/suicides.html Details events that have led compulsive gamblers to suicide. |
| Study links gambling, suicide - http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Dec-17-Wed-1997/news/6615715.html Notes that suicide rates in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic City, N.J., are higher than other cities. Read for details. |
| Gambling Addict - Suicide - http://www.nomoregambling.com/forum/ Read this forum about suicide for people suffering from a gambling addiction. |
| Problem Gambling - http://www.wesleymission.org.au/publications/r&d/suicide.htm#problem Shares problem gambling, with its potentially devastating impacts on the finances, personal lives and relationships of the affected gamblers, is related to heightened anxiety, depression, and in extreme cases, to suicide. See the chart. |
| Online Casino News - Internet gambling blamed for suicide - http://www.onlinecasinonews.com/ocnv2_1/article/Article.asp?id=1150 Reports that a UK man who became addicted to gambling at Internet casinos committed suicide after amassing debts of over £53,000 ($72,820). |
| The Scotsman - Web gambler suicide bid after £158,000 loss on parents' cards - http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=883512006 Reports an Internet gambler tried to kill himself after losing £158,000 on his parents' credit cards in just 50 minutes in Scotland's worst case of online betting addiction. |
| Does legalized gambling elevate the risk of suicide? - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12079036&dopt=Abstract Read an abstract of this study published by the NCBI that addresses a possible link between suicide and casino gambling. |
| Gambling Addiction and Suicide - http://www.safety-council.org/info/community/gambling.html Become familiar with this guide prepared by the Canada Safety Council. |
| CBC.ca - Gambling and Suicide - http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/main_youbetyourlife.html#suicide Reveals that The Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health and Well-being (2002) found that a significantly higher proportion of problem gamblers than non-problem gamblers had contemplated suicide in the past year (18% versus 3%). |
| American Policy Roundtable - Video lottery suicide - http://www.ohioroundtable.org/library/articles/casino/lotterysuicide.html Reports a suicide note left by a Quebec City-area gambling addict may be used in a proposed class-action suit against Loto-Quebec, a lawyer in the case said. |
| Pathological gambling and suicidality: an analysis of severity and lethality - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=12710544 Read an abstract of this study to systematically investigate the nature of suicidal behavior among treatment-seeking pathological gamblers and its relationship to gambling characteristics and depression. |
| Casino Suicide Dramas Continue in Korea - http://www.authorized-online-casinos.com/20051228/casino_suicide_dramas_continue_in_dfe.jspx Read this article published by Authorized Online Casinos. |
| Gambling With Suicide - http://www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/1560186.html News item reports that the state of Nevada approved a suicide prevention program that allots 170-thousand dollars for two people to start a suicide prevention program. |
| CTV.ca - New statistics link gambling to suicide deaths - http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030224/gambiling_suicide_030223?hub=TopStories&s_name=&no_ads= Notes two provinces have uncovered startling statistics linking gambling to suicides, raising new questions about the social costs of legalized betting in Canada. |
| Problem Gamblers Assume Unexpected Risk - Suicide - http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/38/22/24 Joan Arehart-Treichel reveals problem gamblers may be at high risk for committing suicide, especially if they seek residential treatment. Substance abuse, high impulsivity, and comorbidity are hallmarks of problem-gambler suicide attempters. |
| Suicide attempts among veterans seeking treatment for pathological gambling - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14628978&dopt=Abstract Shares that studies of problem gamblers have found that completed suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation are common outcomes related to gambling behavior |
| NCALG - Getting Started with Basic Gambling Facts - http://www.ncalg.org/Gambilng%20Inside%20Story.htm Notes a study of addicted gamblers revealed, between 20% and 30% of the respondents made actual suicide attempts. No other addictive population has had as high a prevalence for attempts. |
| Project Pride Centre Lifeline - http://projectpride.org Offers meetings, workshops and services to those who are afflicted with gambling and other behaviour addictions. |
| Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario) - Newscan - http://www.responsiblegambling.org/articles/060603_23.pdf Discover this resource, in PDF format, that details coroners across Canada have agreed to record whenever gambling is cited as a factor in suicides. |
| Mood Disorders Society of Canada - Suicide - http://www.mooddisorderscanada.ca/findinghelp/gambling/report/suicide.htm Notes a study assessed 342 treatment-seeking pathological gamblers for suicidal ideation and/or attempts, found that those who experienced suicidal ideation and or suicidal attempts had more psychiatric symptoms than non-suicidal pathological gamblers. |