Gambling and the family: From the stress‐coping‐support PerspectiveFootnote¹

Primarily we would like to thank the individuals who gave up their valuable time to take part in this research and who generously gave us an insight into their family lives with regard to gambling. We should also like to acknowledge gratefully the help of Victoria Morison, Marcia Somers and Leah Armistead who conducted the interviews, the Medical Research Council who financially supported this research, Liz Mears who typed the interview reports, and the University of Exeter and Exeter Mental Health NHS Trust where the research was based.

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