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The WAGER, Vol. 23(11) - Do people with severe gambling-related problems recover on their own?

This week, as part of our Special Series on Self-Directed Recovery, The WAGER reviews a study by Vladyslav Kushnir and colleagues that explores how changes in severity of gambling-related problems and gambling behaviors over time relate to self-directed change. Read more →

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

This week, The WAGER reviews a study by Ryan Nicholson and colleagues that explores how DSM changes relate to GD and mental health disorders. Read more →

The WAGER, Vol. 23(9) - How should we measure money lost from gambling?

This week, The WAGER reviews a study by Gustavo Medeiros and colleagues that examines the relationships between different measures of monetary loss and symptoms of Gambling Disorder. Read more →

The WAGER, Vol. 23(8) - Binge gambling and gambling-related harms

This week, The WAGER reviews a study by Sean Cowlishaw and colleagues that explores differences in how people experience binge, continuous, and episodic gambling behaviors and related harms. Read more →

The WAGER, Vol. 23(7) - A new treatment for Gambling Disorder? The answer might shock you

This week, The WAGER reviews a study by Maya Dickler and her colleagues that examines how transcranial direct current stimulation modulates chemicals in the brain associated with gambling behavior in Gambling Disorder patients. Read more →

The WAGER, Vol. 23(6) - Internet Gaming Disorder: A problem for the transgender community?

This week, as part of our Special Series on Addiction in the LGBTQ Community, The WAGER reviews a study that explores how transgender individuals in the UK engage in internet gaming. Read more →

The WAGER, Vol. 23(5) - Problem gambling among young women

The gambling landscape is continually evolving, and gambling operators are looking for new ways to attract customers--including young women. This week, The WAGER reviews a study by Simone McCarthy and colleagues that explores patterns of gambling-related problems among women of different ages. What is the research question? Do women of different ages experience gambling-related behaviors differently? What did the researchers do? The researchers used convenience sampling to recruit an online nationally representative sample of 509 women aged 16+ from Australia. Participants responded to questions about gambling-related problems on the Problem Gambling Severity Index (e.g., “Have you felt guilty about the... Read more →

The WAGER, Vol.23(4) - What’s a rat to do? Deep brain stimulation in the rat gambling task

This week, The WAGER reviews a study that tested whether deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in rats changes their performance on a test of decision-making skills designed for rats - the rat Gambling Task. Read more →

The WAGER, Vol. 23(3) - Paying to play: Do paid fantasy sports leagues signal gambling problems?

As part of our Special Series on Gambling Disorder, The WAGER reviews a study that examines associations between fantasy sports involvement and gambling disorder symptoms in college students. Read more →

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

The WAGER reviews a study of heterogeneity in childhood trauma among people with gambling disorder. Read more →