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Our Voices Matter: Using Lived Experience to Promote Equity in Problem Gambling Prevention

Posted on September 3, 2021 (April 7, 2022) by [email protected]

The field of problem gambling has been historically disconnected from the community experience of gambling and people of color, leading to a lack of integration of those with lived experience into programming. The aim of this article is to describe community-centered efforts to prevent and mitigate harm from problem gambling in Massachusetts—including a pilot program, the Massachusetts Ambassador Project, which is grounded within public health and lived experience frameworks.

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‘Uncomfortable’ is Not Enough: Integrating Anti-racism within Addiction Treatment

Posted on September 3, 2021 by [email protected]

The following op-ed was prepared by Sara Matsuzaka, PhD, and Margaret Knapp, LMSW .

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The Old Adage, “Addiction Does Not Discriminate,” Appears to be a Myth

Posted on September 3, 2021 (September 22, 2021) by [email protected]

The following op-ed was prepared by Dr. William Cloud, PhD, MSSW, Professor at the Graduate School of Social Work at University of Denver.

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The WAGER, Vol. 23(10) – Gambling disorder and mental health disorders

Posted on September 3, 2021 (September 3, 2021) by [email protected]

The WAGER is a monthly, online review of new scientific research on gambling and gambling disorder published by the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance as part of the BASIS (Brief Addiction Science Information Source). This week, The WAGER reviews a study by Ryan Nicholson and colleagues that explored the implications of this new diagnostic threshold for the prevalence of mental health disorders among people experiencing gambling disorder.

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The WAGER, Vol. 25(3) – What is preventing treatment providers from conducting regular screens for problem gambling? Let’s ask them!

Posted on September 3, 2021 (September 3, 2021) by [email protected]

The WAGER is a monthly, online review of new scientific research on gambling and gambling disorder published by the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance as part of the BASIS (Brief Addiction Science Information Source).This week, the WAGER reviews an article by Sara Guilcher and her colleagues that used concept mapping to assess what social service and healthcare providers need to make screening for problem gambling a part of their regular practice.

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The WAGER, Vol. 25(8) – Gambling in the time of COVID-19: Mental health, substance use, and financial distress among high-risk online gamblers

Posted on September 1, 2021 (September 3, 2021) by [email protected]

The WAGER is a monthly, online review of new scientific research on gambling and gambling disorder published by the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance as part of the BASIS (Brief Addiction Science Information Source). This week, we review a study by Alex Price that examined the impacts of COVID-19 on risky gambling behaviors and motivations, mental health concerns, substance use, and financial distress among online gamblers.

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The WAGER, Vol. 25(11) – What are the characteristics of people who continued to gamble during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Posted on September 1, 2021 (September 3, 2021) by [email protected]

The WAGER is a monthly, online review of new scientific research on gambling and gambling disorder published by the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance as part of the BASIS (Brief Addiction Science Information Source). In this week’s WAGER, we review a recent study by Anders Hakansson that examined gambling behaviors and gambling-related problems among Swedish people who continued to gamble during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The WAGER, Vol. 25(12) – Are transgender youth at higher risk for gambling problems?

Posted on September 1, 2021 (September 3, 2021) by [email protected]

The WAGER is a monthly, online review of new scientific research on gambling and gambling disorder published by the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance as part of the BASIS (Brief Addiction Science Information Source). Nic Rider and colleagues worked to fill in the gap in problem gambling research by highlighting the experiences of transgender and gender diverse adolescents and comparing them to their cisgender counterparts.

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The WAGER, Vol. 26(1) – Is there a harm paradox among migrants who gamble?

Posted on September 1, 2021 (September 1, 2021) by [email protected]

The WAGER is a monthly, online review of new scientific research on gambling and gambling disorder published by the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance as part of the BASIS (Brief Addiction Science Information Source). Heather Wardle and colleagues recently surveyed the relevant scientific literature to investigate the question if migrants more likely to gamble and experience gambling problems than native-born people.

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The WAGER, Vol. 23(2): Adverse childhood experiences and psychopathology in gambling disorder

Posted on September 1, 2021 (September 1, 2021) by [email protected]

The WAGER is a monthly, online review of new scientific research on gambling and gambling disorder published by the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance as part of the BASIS (Brief Addiction Science Information Source). This week, The WAGER reviews a study of heterogeneity in childhood trauma among people with gambling disorder.