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Causes: Gambling Addiction, Mental Health
Mission: The montana council on problem gambling is a non-profit agency dedicated to alleviating gambling-related social and personal distress through the provision of relevant support, referral services, and education to compulsive gamblers, their families, and other concerned montanans.
Programs: Montana council on problem gambling held their spring conference in great falls, montana. Lori rugle, phd, ncgcii presented "beyond don't ask, don't tell" - addressing the impact of gambling & problem gambling on recovery, health and well-being. This training focused on effective techniques for integrating problem gambling on recovery into a broad range of behavioral health, substance use and primary care settings. Roger curtiss, ncacii lac presented the recovery process "it's all about the journey". This training outlined the process involved in recovery and what it takes to get there.
montana council on problem gambling co-sponsored a fall 2014 confrernce with the montana association of alcohol and drug abuse counselors.
the organization had 23 providers who did 945 therapy groups for problem gamblers and their families. There were 3,102 total participants.