Evidence Centre

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Reports

Public health approaches to gambling - Global initiatives

Author(s): Gambling Research Exchange Ontario
Publisher: Gambling Research Exchange Ontario
Year Published: 2019

This brief summarizes an environmental scan of gambling public policies in jurisdictions that employ a public health approach to gambling. The brief first...

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Best practices for the prevention of gambling problems among older adults

Author(s): Turner, Nigel E. ; Wiebe, Jamie ; Ferentzy, Peter ; Kauffman, Nadine ; Zaheer, Salaha ; Smit Quosai, Trudy ; Sztainert, Travis ; Murray, Robert ; Hamilton, Hayley A. ; Sanchez, Sherald ; Matheson, Flora I. ; McCready, John ; Mann, Robert E.
Journal: Journal of Gambling Issues
Year Published: 2018

This article presents best practices for the prevention of gambling problems among older adults. The best practices are organized into nine areas, including: 1)...

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Best practices for the treatment of gambling problems among older adults

Author(s): Skinner, Wayne ; Littman-Sharp, Nina ; Leslie, Jane ; Ferentzy, Peter ; Zaheer, Salaha ; Smit Quosai, Trudy ; Sztainert, Travis ; Mann, Robert E. ; McCready, John
Journal: Journal of Gambling Issues
Year Published: 2018

This article outlines the Best Practices for the treatment of gambling problems among older adults. These Best Practices are organized into five areas with...

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Exploring Australian gamblers’ experience with a multi-venue self-exclusion program

Author(s): Pickering, Dylan ; Blaszczynski, Alex ; Gainsbury, Sally M.
Journal: Journal of Gambling Issues
Year Published: 2018

The present study examined Australian gamblers' experiences with a multi-venue self-exclusion (MVSE) program. Results revealed participants' reasons for joining...

Summaries

Preparing parents to address adolescent problem gambling - Project snapshot

Author(s): Gambling Research Exchange Ontario
Publisher: Gambling Research Exchange Ontario
Year Published: 2017

One area that is underresearched and underdeveloped for clinical supports is evidence-based approaches to preventing problem gambling in adolescents. In...

Conferences and Presentations

Discovery 2012

Author(s): Hoffmann, Bjørn Helge ; Perӓkylӓ, Janne ; Auer, Michael M. ; Griffiths, Mark D. ; Forrest, David ; Robinson, Janine ; Ouellet, Nadia ; Latulippe, Renée ; Bedzietny, Jodie ; Smitheringale, Bill ; Nilsson, Thomas ; Francis, Melanie ; Dragičević, Simo ; Parke, Jonathan ; Wardle, Heather ; Chiasson, Steve ; Glynn, Judith ; Ferentzy, Peter ; Turner, Nigel E. ; Hood, Douglas ; Prgomet, John
Publisher: Responsible Gambling Council
Year Published: 2012

The topics examined during the Discovery 2012 conference included: player protection for online gambling; implications and new risk factors related to new...

Conferences and Presentations

Prevention of problem gambling: Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 2nd annual conference

Author(s): George, Elizabeth ; Murray, Robert ; Fischer, Leanne ; LaBrie, Richard A. ; Roberts, Gary ; Nowatzki, Nadine ; Winters, Ken C. ; el-Guebaly, Nady ; Surovy, Ken ; Harvey-Jansen, Z'Anne ; Williams, Robert J. ; Schrans, Tracy ; Derevensky, Jeffrey L. ; Mangham, Colin
Publisher: Alberta Gambling Research Institute
Year Published: 2003

The theme of the Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 2nd Annual Conference was "Prevention of problem gambling".

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Knowledge translation is essential to implementing evidence-based treatment in the gambling field

Author(s): MacKay, Terri-Lynn ; Petermann, Lisa ; Hurrell, Christine ; Hodgins, David C.
Journal: International Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2015

Knowledge translation is the process of bringing research evidence to stakeholder groups such as health care providers, researchers, policy makers, caregivers,...

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A review of recent research on the treatment of disordered gambling

Author(s): Yakovenko, Igor ; Hodgins, David C.
Journal: Current Addiction Reports
Year Published: 2016

Gambling disorder has recently been considered an addictive behaviour, rather than an impulse control disorder. Several treatment options are available at...

Reports

Best practices for self-exclusion: Reinstatement and renewal

Author(s): Responsible Gambling Council
Publisher: Responsible Gambling Council
Year Published: 2016

Insight has set out to examine the topics of voluntary self-exclusion reinstatement and renewal in an effort to develop evidence-informed best-practices for...

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