Total CE Credit Hours: 2 Course Info URL: https://www.ce-credit.com/courses/101252
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Recovery in Gamblers Anonymous was written to provide an overview of recovery in Gamblers Anonymous (GA). How GA’s approach reflects the distinctive needs of compulsive gamblers is a central theme.
This course is based on the reading-based online article, Recovery in Gamblers Anonymous created by Wayne Skinner et al
Journal/Publisher
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Publication Date
August 2006
Course Material Authors
Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.
Wayne Skinner
Wayne Skinner, MSW, is clinical director of the Concurrent Disorders Program and the Problem Gambling Service of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Wayne is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
Paul Antze
Paul Antze, Ph.D., teaches in the Division of Social Science and in the graduate program in Anthropology and Social and Political Thought at York University. He is a former president of the Canadian Association for Medical Anthropology and currently a member of the editorial board of Ethos: The Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. His recent work has emphasized the cultural uses of trauma and dissociation, especially as seen in the multiple-personality movement.
Peter Ferentzy
Peter Ferentzy, Ph.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the principal investigator of this study and has been studying GA since 2002. Dr. Ferentzy's work is a historical sociology of the origins and development of the modern concept of addiction with an emphasis on how it has interacted with ideas about mental illness and compulsions in general.
This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about recovery in Gamblers Anonymous. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Explain the reasons for NOT succeeding in Gamblers Anonymous (GA).
Identify GA's fear of triggers.
Describe the 12 Steps of Gamblers Anonymous.
Availability
This course is available starting Oct 12th, 2007 and expires Mar 30th, 2020
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Planners and Reviewers
The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.
Material Authors
Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.
Course Creator
Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Commercial support
There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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