Issues & Insights

Issues & Insights is a monthly online column exploring the latest research, recent news and other timely topics in the field of gambling disorders and addictions.

March 2010 Brief Interventions for Disordered Gambling in College Students

Nancy M. Petry, Ph.D., and Jeremiah Weinstock, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center

 
March Madness refers not just to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s basketball tournament, but also to the uptick in gambling activity that ranges from office pools to betting online. An increased awareness during this time of year about gambling on college sports usually leads to questions about gambling by college students. Consequently, we have devoted the March edition of Issues & Insights to new research on college gambling.

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Columns are written by Institute Executive Director Christine Reilly, members of the Institute’s Scientific Advisory Board and other experts in the field.

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