This week, The WAGER reviews a study by Núria Aragay and colleagues that explored different levels of impulsivity in people with slot machine gambling disorder. Read more →
The Worldwide Addiction Gambling Education Report (The WAGER)
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
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 →
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018
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 →
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
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 →
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018
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 →
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
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 →
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
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 →
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
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 →
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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 →
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
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 →
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Getting soberEditor's Note: Today's op-ed comes from a woman who describes her experiences with addiction, trauma, coming out, and a supportive same-sex relationship. We thank her for generously sharing her story with our readers. We hope that readers with the same kinds of experiences will feel less alone after reading this piece. This piece includes explicit descriptions of sexual violence, as well as drug use and its psychoactive effects, and readers who might struggle with cravings, especially for opioids or stimulants, should use their best judgement in reading this story. The 2018 Special Series on Addiction in the LGBTQ Community is...
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Gloria's StoryEditor’s Note: Today’s op-ed comes from a woman named Gloria who describes her experiences with gambling disorder. We thank Gloria for sharing her story with BASIS readers, because we believe that stories such as hers help raise awareness, reduce stigma, and, ultimately, improve lives. This op-ed is part of our Special Series on Gambling Disorder. My name is Gloria. I am 71 years old, a wife, a mother, a grandmother and I have a major gambling problem. Nine years ago my life fell apart. I got in trouble because of my gambling. When it all came out, my family was...
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Challenging addiction treatment: The intersection of policy, practice, & scienceEditor’s Note: Anjali Talcherkar authored this op-ed while completing the Division on Addiction’s Summer Research Mentorship. Anjali is working on a PhD in Mind Body Medicine and Integrative Mental Health from Saybrook University. You can learn more about her here. For more on Anjali Talcherkar's story, look for her soon-to-be-published book. Every year, about 27 million people worldwide misuse illicit drugs in a manner that puts them at risk for adverse health problems and even death. Too often we hear reports of famous people who suffer and die from substance misuse. On the local level, addiction can rip apart communities...