Gambling Disorder in Your Practice: Information and Resources

Gambling Disorder in Your Practice: Information and Resources

Gambling Disorder in Your Practice: Information and Resources is dedicated to increasing provider understanding of disordered gambling and its importance to their practice. This case-based course will include information about the epidemiology and clinical features of disordered gambling and will detail options for the primary care provider with regard to screening of and referral for disordered gambling.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

List validated tools for screening for gambling disorder Recognize how mental health conditions relate to gambling disorder Identify principles of motivational interviewing that can be applied to patients experiencing gambling problems Identify web-based, self-help resources for people who want to change their gambling behavior

Target Audience

This course is intended for primary care physicians, specialty physicians, psychologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers, researchers (PhDs), and other mental health professionals.

Course Directors

Heather Gray, PhD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director of Academic Affairs, Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance

Debi A. LaPlante, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance

Howard Schaffer, PhD, CAS
Morris E. Chafetz Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of the Behavioral Sciences,
Harvard Medical School
Director of the Division on Addiction at the Cambridge Health Alliance