Jan 31, 2017 | Gambling Addiction Research, Recent Northstar Posts, Research Study
Among the variety of therapies counselors can choose from to help their clients address gambling addiction, one that’s received relatively little attention is known as accelerated resolution therapy (ART). While ART, deemed an evidence-based therapy in 2015, has...
Nov 23, 2016 | Gambling Addiction Research, Recent Northstar Posts, Research Study
College students, like the rest of the population, are not immune to problem gambling. In fact, approximately 6 percent of U.S. college students have a serious gambling problem according to the National Council on Problem Gambling. Therefore, it makes sense to...
Feb 17, 2015 | Gambling Addiction Research, Recent Northstar Posts, Research Study, Youth Gambling
A new report performed by Randy Stinchfield, Ph.D., gambling researcher at the University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry, reveals that gambling participation among “out-of-mainstream” youth in Minnesota is higher than for students in public schools. The...
Jul 21, 2014 | Recent Northstar Posts, Research Study
After Minnesota legalized a state lottery in 1989, many questions were raised about gambling: How many Minnesotans gambled? How many Minnesotans had a gambling disorder? And how would these numbers be affected by the introduction of the state lottery? To get those...
Feb 6, 2014 | Recent Northstar Posts, Research Study
David Velleman, a doctoral student in clinical psychology at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, is seeking to recruit gamblers for participation in a survey. The project takes the form of an anonymous online survey. The goal of his research is to better...
Jul 18, 2012 | Recent Northstar Posts, Research Study
It’s been well established that genes play a major role in predicting gambling disorders but there have been few studies examining the role of genetics in young adults. Recent research performed by a group of Minnesota researchers assessed the role of genetic and...
