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New Grant from NIAAA
"Testing Longitudinal Models of Substance Abuse Recovery Mechanisms among Homeless Adults," PI: Dr. Gray
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Heather Gray, Ph.D. |
People with substance abuse are overrepresented among those who experience homelessness in the United States. Beyond creating psychological suffering and a substantial public health burden, substance use disorders create barriers to homeless persons’ self-sustainability. This research project seeks to uncover mechanisms that underlie homeless persons’ long-term recovery from substance abuse. In collaboration with St. Francis House, an integrated services provider for homeless persons, we will explore the extent to which developing healthier social networks helps people transition from substance abuse and homelessness to recovery and self-sustainability. To accomplish this goal, we will follow groups of individuals as they complete rehabilitative programs at St. Francis House and measure changes in social network quality and structure, along with functional outcomes such as recovery from substance abuse and self-sustainability (e.g., sustained employment and housing).
Report of the Task Force on College Gambling Policies
During 2008 and with the financial support of the National Center for Responsible Gaming, Dr. Shaffer and his colleagues at the Division on Addictions identified, invited, and convened a national taskforce representative of US colleges. The purpose of this taskforce was to create a template for developing and implementing science-based college gambling policies. Now, the Division on Addictions is proud to announce that the Taskforce on College Gambling Policies has completed its work and has released its recommendations for college gambling policies. With this report, we intend these recommendations to help prevent college-based excessive gambling and drinking, and promote recovery from gambling addiction and related disorders. The following schools, each of which already has a policy on gambling, are represented on the task force:
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University of Alabama Bridgewater State College University of Denver George Fox University Harvard University Lehigh University |
Mississippi State University University of Missouri, Columbia University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Nevada, Reno Oregon State University Villanova University |
For the Full Report, please visit the report section of the Library & Archives page.
New Publication Spotlight
Responsible gambling: General principles and minimal requirements
Many international jurisdictions have introduced responsible gambling programs. These programs intend to minimize negative consequences of excessive gambling, but vary considerably in their aims, focus, and content. Many responsible gambling programs lack a conceptual framework and, in the absence of empirical data, their components are based only on general considerations and impressions. This paper outlines the consensus viewpoint of an international group of researchers suggesting fundamental responsible gambling principles, roles of key stakeholders, and minimal requirements that stakeholders can use to frame and inform responsible gambling programs across jurisdictions. Such a framework does not purport to offer value statements regarding the legal status of gambling or its expansion. Rather, it proposes gambling-related initiatives aimed at government, industry, and individuals to promote responsible gambling and consumer protection. This paper argues that there is a set of basic principles and minimal requirements that should form the basis for every responsible gambling program. Click here to visit the Library & Archives page.
Recently Published:
Linnet, J., Gebauer, L., Shaffer, H. J., Mouridsen, K., & Møller, A. (2010). Experienced poker players differ from inexperienced poker players in estimation bias and decision bias. Journal of Gambling Issues, 24, 86-100. (Password Protected)
Martin, R. J., Usdan, S., Nelson, S. E., Umstattd, R., LaPlante, D. A., Perko, M., & Shaffer, H. J. (2010). Using the theory of planned behavior to predict gambling behavior. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(1), 89-97. (Password Protected)
Peller, A. J., Najavits, L. M., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2010). PTSD among a treatment sample of repeat DUI offenders. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(4), 468-473. (Password Protected)
Shaffer, H. J., & Martin, R. (In Press). Disordered gambling: Etiology, trajectory and clinical considerations. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. (Password Protected)
Announcements
Howard Shaffer Receives Award from APA's Division 50
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Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D., C.A.S. |
We are proud to announce that Dr. Howard J. Shaffer, Director of the Division on Addictions, is the 2010 recipient of The American Psychological Association's (APA) Division 50 award for Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions. The APA's Division 50 - Addictions - was founded in 1993 and promotes advances in research, professional training, and clinical practice within the broad range of addictive behaviors.