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Ontario Sets Up First Phone Counseling Program28 January 2004OTTAWA, Canada – As reported by the Canadian Press: "Help will be one call away for those hooked up to Canada's first government-backed phone counselling program for problem gamblers. "Ontario is set to announce plans Thursday for a pilot project that could help up to 10,000 people a year in the province when fully operational. It will offer six free phone sessions with an accredited counsellor for gamblers who fear public exposure or who live in rural areas. Other provinces will be closely watching the results as a countrywide betting boom continues to expand. "…'It will open up treatment resources to people who normally wouldn't consider it,' said Tony Toneatto, a research scientist with the centre who will oversee the phone project. "…Sessions will last about an hour. Homework will include one to three hours of assignments each week from a handbook that explores why people bet over their heads…" |