Parents of male compulsive gamblers: Clinical issues/treatment approaches |
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Authors: | Mary Heineman C.S.W. |
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Affiliation: | (1) South Oaks Hospital, Amityville, New York;(2) P.O. Box 368, 11701 Amityville, New York |
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Abstract: | This is a study of 126 parents (57 couples and 12 individual parents) of 69 inpatient pathological gamblers. The gamblers ranged in age from 17–37 years. All were males who dated their average age of onset of heavy gambling at 13–14 years. The parents ranged in age from 38–69 years. Treatment approaches specific to parents of compulsive gamblers are discussed. These approaches include education, family therapy, conjoint sessions, combined group, parent group, and aftercare. In addition, the value of self-help through GamAnon is stressed as a means of returning sanity to their lives and as a way of recognizing that these parents have the ability to change their feelings and their behaviors, thereby no longer making the gambler and his gambling the focus of their existence. |
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