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Problem Gambling and Mental Health in LGBTQIA+ Communities (Austrailia) →

Highlights from Study: 14 participants (20%) met criteria for gambling disorder. Pub/slot games (58%) and scratch-offs (43%) were most common types of gambling reported.

Author(s): Philip Birch, Jane Louise Ireland, Claire Ruth Strickland, & Johann Kolstee

Year Published: 2015

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Brain Activity During Cocaine Craving and Gambling Urges: An fMRI Study →

PG participant reported urges 2x stronger with gambling imagery than CD participants with cocaine use imagery. CD participants showed a nearly equal intensity of gambling urges from gambling ...

Author(s): Hedy Kober, Cheryl M Lacadie, Bruce E Wexler, Robert T Malison, Rajita Sinha & Marc N Potenza

Year Published: 2015

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Mind, Body and Sport: Gambling among student-athletes →

57% of male student-athletes reported gambling in some form during the past year. 39% of female student-athletes reported gambling in some form during the past year.

Author(s): Jeffrey L. Derevensky and Tom Paskus

Year Published: 2014

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Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Problem Gambling and Alcohol Abuse →

Gambling in the past year is more prevalent (75%) than drinking any alcohol in the past year (60%). 75% of respondents reported gambling in the past year. A higher rate than drinking any ...

Author(s): Grace M. Barnes, John W. Welte, Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell, and Joseph H. Hoffman

Year Published: 2013

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Comparisons of Gambling and Alcohol Use Among College Students and Non-College Students in the U.S. →

Of young adults who gambled in the past year: 75% were college students. 70% were non-college young adults.

Author(s): Grace M. Barnes, Ph.D., John W. Welte, Ph.D., Joseph H. Hoffman, M.A., and Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell, Ph.D.

Year Published: 2010

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A CALL TO ACTION Addressing College Gambling: Recommendations for Science-Based Policies and Programs →

The Task Force on College Gambling Policies identified that 30% or less of schools have policies designed to promote recovery from substance use problems, and offered recommendations to help ...

Author(s): Task Force on College Gambling Policies

Year Published: 2009

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Sexual Orientation in Men with Pathological Gambling: Prevalence and Psychiatric Co-Morbidity in Treatment Seeking Sample →

Highlights and Data Points:

21% of study participants met the criteria for gambling disorder.
Study suggests that gay/bi men are overrepresented in share ...

Author(s): Jon E. Grant & Mark N. Potenza

Year Published: 2006