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Got It, Hide this- Website: Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO)
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Mental illnesses, like anxiety and depression, can make a person more likely to participate in harmful gambling. This might be caused by other kinds of tensions in their life, like financial, relationship, and work struggles. Friends of gamblers are more likely to have mental illnesses too.
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panic attack, mental health, suicide, compulsive behaviour
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Rated on: 12/12/2017 10:56:57 AM
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