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>>> I
>>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE PROBLEMS WITH PUBLIC IS ABOUT
60, 60%.
60, 60%.
60, 60%. THE REASON IT'S SO MUCH, THE
SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY, IT
HAS THE HIGHEST TRAVELLERS, IN
OUR COMMUNITY WE PRETEND TO BE
ZURICH SUPERSTITIOUS.
ZURICH SUPERSTITIOUS. THERE'S A LARGE CULTURAL
INFLUENCE.
INFLUENCE. IN GENERAL, WHEN AN ASIAN
IMMIGRANTS COME THIS TO THIS
COUNTRY, WE DON'T SPEAK THE
SAME LANGUAGE.
SAME LANGUAGE. WHEN YOU GO TO A CASINO, IT
BECOMES A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.
YOU HAVE THE PERSONALITY TO
CHALLENGE THE STIGMA OF
SUPERSTITIOUS AND I CAN BRING
LIFE TO IT.
>> WHAT ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. >> WE HAVE HAD GAMBLING SINCE
TIME AND MEMORIAL.
GAMBLING IS PART OF OUR
CULTURAL PRACTICES AND WHETHER
THAT'S THROUGH BONE GAMES,
STICK GAMES, CANOE RACES, HORSE
RACES, IT'S ENGRAINED AS PART
OF OUR CULTURE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT IN OUR MORE
MODERN DAY, WE HAVE CASINOS, WE
HAVE DINNER GAMING VENUES WHERE
OUR COMMUNITIES GATHER AND WE
GATHER FOR A VARIETY OF
PURPOSES AND GENERALLY, THOSE
ARE THE HUB FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. SO, FUNERAL SERVICES,
ELECTIONS, ELDERS GATHERING,
CONFERENCES, THESE ARE VENUES
THAT VERY MUCH ARE IMPORTANT
FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE
A PLACE WHERE WE GATHER.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> SO, WHEN WE'RE TALKING LIKE
THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND WHICH
MAKES PERFECT SENSE WHY IT'S
BEEN A PART THINGS FOR SO LONG.
WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF PROBLEM
GAMBLING WHEN IT GOES BEYOND A
CULTURAL THING, WHEN IT'S
WITHIN RANGE OF BEING OKAY TO
NOW, IT'S A PROBLEM GATHERING
ON FAMILIES AND ASIAN CULTURES
AND NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES.
>> I WOULD SAY WHEN AN
INDIVIDUAL HAS IMPULSIVE
GAMBLING TAX'S PATHOLOGICAL
PROBLEM AND A PATHOLOGICAL
PROBLEM GAMBLER, THEY HAVE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER ISSUES
AND OTHER DISORDERS, IT DOESN'T
ONLY AFFECT THE INDIVIDUALS, IT
AFFECTS THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND
RELATIVES.
RELATIVES. IN THAT ASPECT, IT'S ACTUALLY
MORE SEVERE TO ME THAN JUST THE
HEALTH DISORDER.
HEALTH DISORDER. IT IMPACTS INDIVIDUALS.
IT HAS A DOMINO IMPACTS ON
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. ALSO, BEYOND JUST HAVING,
LINKING INTO THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH DISORDER, IT HAS IMPACTS
ON PHYSICAL HELP AND LOSING THE
RELATIONSHIP AND FINANCIAL
STATUS.
STATUS.
STATUS. >> THE PHYSICAL HEALTH PART OF
IT.
IT.
IT. IS
IT. IS THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
STAYING AND GAMBLING FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME.
>> IT'S BEYOND US LINGERING
AROUND LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
OFTENTIMES, WHEN SOMEONE STARTS
A PATHOLOGICAL PROBLEM
GAMBLING, THEY MAY HAVE A
MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER SUCH AS
DEPRESSION AND THAT HAS AN
IMPACT ON PHYSICAL HEALTH.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE NOTIONS OF
SECRECY, THE STIGMAS ATTACHED
TO IT.
TO IT.
TO IT. THE PRIDE, IS THAT WHAT MAKES
IT HARD TO SORT OF REMOVE
SOMEONE FROM THAT SITUATION?
>> SO, I WANTED TO SAY THAT IN
BOTH LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY AND
NATIONALLY, TRIBES ARE VERY
MUCH AT THE FOREFRONT IN
ADDRESSING, SUPPORTING,
ADDRESSING, SUPPORTING, CHANNELING RESOURCES AND
FUNDING TOWARDS THIS ISSUE OF
PROBLEM GAMBLING AND THAT CAN
TAKE THE FORM OF SUPPORTING
EVERGREEN COUNSEL FOR PROBLEM
GAMBLING, IT CAN BE REFERRALS.
IT CAN BE TREATMENT SERVICES.
TRIBES ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF
PROBLEM GAMBLING THOUGHT THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> IF THE SECRECY ISSUE IS A
PART OF IT.
IF THE PERSON HAS A PROBLEM
GAMBLING IS HIDING IT FROM
THOSE AROUND THEM.
WHAT CAN THOSE AROUND THEM DO,
AND HOW YOU CAN REACH THAT
PERSON?
PERSON?
PERSON? >> I WANT TO SAY THAT IN THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, WE'RE
FORTUNATE.
FORTUNATE. THE REASON I SAY THAT, WE ARE
ABLE TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION OR
SERVICES TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OTHER OR
FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND, HAVING
A GAMBLING ISSUE AND HIDING
THAT SECRECY AS YOU REFERENCED.
AT THAT TIME, I WOULD SAY THEY
WOULD ACTUALLY RELY COUNSELING
INTERVENTION TO THAT
INDIVIDUAL, SO, THEY CAN
SUPPORT THAT, SO, HE'S
UNWILLING.
UNWILLING. >> LIKE YOU SAY, YOU CAN TRY
AND EVEN THE ELEMENT INVOLVED.
I THINK THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE
PATHWAY TO INTERVENE.
>> HOW CAN WE AS A COMMUNITY
CULTURALLY, APPROPRIATELY
CULTURALLY, APPROPRIATELY SUPPORT THE WORK THAT IS BEING
DONE IN THE ASIAN AND NATIVE
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS
THIS ISSUE.
THIS ISSUE. >> WELL, I THINK THAT WITHIN
OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE
ALREADY DOING THAT WORK AND
THEY ARE PROVIDING CULTURALLY
RESPONSES, CULTURALLY
RESPONSES, CULTURALLY SUPPORTIVE TECHNIQUES AND
STRATEGIES TO REALLY REACH
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT THE
SUPPORT, AND BECAUSE OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE SO INTERWOVEN
AND CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER,
THERE IS GENERALLY NOT A LOT OF
SECRETS AROUND THIS DISORDER.
OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE PRETTY UP
FRONT ABOUT OH, MY AUNTIE, MY
UNCLE.
UNCLE.
UNCLE. YES, MY GRANDMA, THEY HAVE A
PROBLEM GAMBLING.
PROBLEM GAMBLING. IT IS DEFINITELY MORE OF A
CHALLENGE TO REEL IN THOSE
FOLKS THAT DO HAVE A PROBLEM
GAMBLING.
GAMBLING.
GAMBLING. BUT, LOTS OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
DO PROVIDE OUTPATIENT AND
REFERRALS FOR THOSE SERVICES.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT PROVIDING
SERVICES THAT MAKES IT
ACCESSIBLE AND PROVIDING IN A
FAMILIAR SETTING AND
NORMALIZING THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH DISORDER, PROBLEM
GAMBLING AND IN THE TREAT IT AS
IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. IF
YOU. IF I
YOU. IF I HAVE A FEVER AND COLD MOST
PEOPLE DON'T SAME ANYTHING
NEGATIVE ABOUT IT, RIGHT?
WE HAVE TO NORMALIZE IT AND
UNDERSTAND IT'S OKAY TO HAVE A
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDER AND
CHALLENGE THAT STIGMA.
>> I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. IT'S ALL PART OF NORMALIZING
AND GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE,
WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER AND
LOCKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
>> WE SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY
THAT IF A PERSON HAS CANCER, IF
A PERSON HAS HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE, IF A PERSON HAS
DIABETES, WE WOULDN'T SHAME
THEM FOR HAVING THOSE
ILLNESSES, AND THAT THIS
ADDICTION IS VERY SIMILAR AND
THAT IT'S OKAY TO SEEK HELP.
IT'S OKAY, AND WE REALLY
ENCOURAGE THE FAMILIES TO
PARTICIPATE IN AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE IN THE SERVICES AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. WE
WELL. WE KNOW THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T
A SEPARATION BETWEEN FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. FAMILY IS COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY
IS FAMILY.
IS FAMILY. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> AS MUCH WORK AS WE CAN DO,
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, TO SPRING
AWARENESS, AND NORMALIZE IT,
BRING THOSE RESOURCES TO THOSE
COMMUNITIES, WE'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT THEY BENEFIT THE GREATEST.
>> THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
US.
US.
US. >>
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