Gambling Disorders 360 °: the NCRG blog blogs

Daily Fantasy Sports: What is Typical?

Amy Martin — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:22:51 +0000

NCRG Staff

Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) is growing rapidly within the gambling industry, as it allows players the opportunity to create their own “fantasy teams” of individual players and compete for cash-prizes. Some stakeholders have expressed concerns over the dangers of DFS and related harm players may experience from its accelerated nature of play. Sarah Nelson, PhD, from Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, set out to explore DFS data.

What makes us tick? Recovery Capital as a Framework for Gambling Disorder Recovery

Amy Martin — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:17:02 +0000

NCRG Staff

Recovery capital (RC) has been used as a conceptual framework for substance abuse disorders that pinpoints internal and external resources that individuals can use to facilitate recovery[CR1] from disorder. More specifically, these resources can include: resources one has from relationships, assetts such as housing and diet, hopes, skills, education, and personal value and belief systems.

NCRG ANNOUNCES NEW REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS ON THE SPECTRUM OF GAMBLING BEHAVIORS AND POLICY-RELEVANT RESEARCH

Amy Martin — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:21:44 +0000

NCRG Staff

Bridging the Gap: Responsible Gambling Collaborative

Amy Martin — Thu, 10 May 2018 15:10:52 +0000

NCRG Staff

Calling all Early Stage Investigators!

Amy Martin — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:29:56 +0000

NCRG Staff

The NCRG is accepting applications for their Early Stage Investigator Grant until May 1, 2018.

Who

Are you interested in Gambling Disorder Research?

Are you within 10 years of completing your terminal degree?

Are you looking for mentoring and research experience?

If so, we invite you to submit an application for grant funding of up to 65,000/ per year for two years.

Free Webinar! Educating Patrons and Employees about Responsible Gaming: What Does the Research Say?

Amy Martin — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:16:31 +0000

NCRG Staff

Free Webinar!

2 – 3 :30 p.m., May 30, 2018

Educating Patrons and Employees about Responsible Gaming: What Does the Research Say?

Back in My Day: Comparison of Gambling Propensity in Twin Young Adults in 1962 and 2002.

Amy Martin — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:17:06 +0000

NCRG Staff

Opportunities to gamble have increased starkly over the last 50 years, and with it has come a shift in social attitude towards gambling. Wendy Slutske, PhD, recipient of a 2017 NCRG Center of Excellence Grant, set out to compare the role of genetics and environment from two National Twin Studies, collected about 50 years apart, on propensity to gamble.

Gambling Disorder Screening Day

Amy Martin — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:29:13 +0000

NCRG Staff

NCRG Cosponsors Program with Sandia Resort & Casino

Amy Martin — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:49:32 +0000

NCRG Staff

“Gambling Disorder & Addiction: Treatment, Prevention and Education” will be held for treatment providers on March 21-22, 2018 at the Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The program, cosponsored by NCRG and Sandia Resort & Casino, will cover a wide range of topics including responsible gaming, new research on gambling disorder, gambling problems among the military and veterans, the stigma of gambling disorder, motivational interviewing and Wellbriety, a Native American recovery movement.

NAADAC/NCRG Gambling Credential Interest Survey

Amy Martin — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:12:03 +0000

NCRG Staff

“NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, and the National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) invite you to participate in a brief survey to explore the possibility of a new national credential designed to recognize individuals with a specialty in gambling disorders.