Frequently Asked Questions
Gambling Self-help provides interactive, self-directed help for problem gambling. The program is divided into four modules:
- Module 1. Self-Assessment. This module is about understanding why you gamble and how gambling is affecting your life.
- Module 2. Making Your Decisions. This module helps you to decide how and why you want to change your gambling behaviour.
- Module 3. Reaching Your Goal. This module goes through a variety of coping strategies that can help you to reach your goal.
- Module 4. Maintaining Your Goal. This module helps you to prepare against slip-ups and develop a plan for the future.
The exercises from each of the modules are also available in a Workbook.
You can log in and out of the program at any time, from anywhere.
If you or someone else is feeling suicidal, you should seek immediate help. There are people and services who can help. See Emergency help for more information.
Note that the Gambling Self-help program is not appropriate for crisis help .
Gambling Self-help is freely available for use by anyone who is concerned about their gambling, or who would like to better understand how their gambling is affecting their life.
Note that if you or someone else is feeling suicidal, you should seek immediate help. There are people and services who can help. See Emergency help for more information.
Note that the Gambling Self-help program is not appropriate for crisis help .
The evaluation of this online intervention is in its early stages. However, initial findings indicate that those people who use these tools have experienced improvements in their gambling problems.
The Gambling Self-help program was developed by eHub Health in collaboration with the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction (Toronto, Canada). It is based on self-change tools developed by Dr. David Hodgins.
The program was developed for use in research studies funded by Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation (Canada), and the ongoing public delivery of the program is funded by Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation.
Yes. All information that you enter into the Gambling Self-help program (answers to quizzes, exercises, workbooks and diaries) is kept confidential and eHub Health is under a legal obligation to protect the integrity of your personal information.
Please see our Privacy Policy for detailed information.
eHub Health understands the importance of keeping your personal information secure, and is under a legal obligation to protect the integrity of your personal information.
Please see our Privacy Policy for detailed information.
User data is stored on systems located in Montreal, Canada.