Open AccessA counselling line for problem and pathological gambling in South Africa: Preliminary data analysis
Author(s) -
H. Q. Sinclair,
Adele Pretorius,
Dan J. Stein
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of behavioral addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.265
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2063-5303
pISSN - 2062-5871
DOI - 10.1556/jba.3.2014.017
Subject(s) - referral , psychiatry , feeling , psychology , addiction , alcohol abuse , pathological , medicine , family medicine , social psychology , pathology
Various countries and states have established telephone counselling lines for people with pathological or problem gambling. Data from such services may contribute to describing systematically the nature of gambling problems in a particular area. To date, however, few data have been published on such a telephone counselling line in a low or middle income country.