Causes of problem gambling and implications for prevention
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Longitudinal investigations provide the best information about the causes, or etiological contributors, to problem gambling. This presentation will provide an overview of the findings of all major longitudinal studies of gambling and problem gambling that have been conducted internationally, with a special focus on the results of the recent Canadian National Longitudinal Study of Gambling.Presenter bio:
A clinical psychologist by training, Dr Robert Williams spent the first 15 years of his career as a clinician. Since 2001, he has been a professor in the Addiction Counselling program in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, Canada, as well as a research coordinator with the Alberta Gambling Research Institute.
If you would like to attend the event face-to-face please contact eithne.mcgettrick@responsiblegambling.vic.gov.au
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