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RT @AGAupdate: As part of #RGEW the AGA is having a contest for gaming employees to share what responsible gaming means to them. Info: h ...
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Wow... We are close to 500 followers! Who will it be? We'll send an NCRG Toolkit to the 500th follower!
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We're now in Dr. King's breakout session, and we'll give you a recap on Gambling Disorders 360. Great discussion!
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We're waiting on some additional questions for Dr. King, but we'll definitely write up a recap post on Gambling Disorders 360.
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King: future research should look at parental impact, other environmental data, antisocial behavior.
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King: research showed that in youth, gambling disorders co-occurs with other addictions.
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To understand the twin data and cooccuring disorders, King and her colleagues had to look at a number of factors
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King: research showed that genetic influence increases over time.
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King: at age 18, men were more likely to have a symptom of a gambling disorder.
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The Minn. twin study looks at gambling in youth from 18-25.
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King: in the Minn. twin study, they looked at the shared genetic influences on pathological gambling as they have on other addictions.
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Did you know that there are only 19 published studies that include information on genetic studies with twins?
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King: factors associated with problem gambling in youth include a family history
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King: results from the Minnesota youth study showed that early detection of gambling problems can help with prevention.
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RT @ASAMorg: Read this week's top news in addiction medicine t.co/4l9CJynS and subscribe to stay up-to-date at t.co/g5oEOa11
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@environuke Agreed! And we have a few resources to do that. What else would you suggest? t.co/Gwy7q7zR
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Dr. Winters: "teenagers gamble, but they don't come in for treatment or call the helpline"
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NCRG Scientific Advisory Board member Dr. Ken Winters is starting his talk on adolescent youth gambling t.co/MtuEhaVi
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NCRG board member Mark Vander Linden asking how state and national organizations can partner with @samhsagov t.co/bWiD3IF0
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Delaney: @samhsagov is working to include gambling behavior questions in their national survey in 2015
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Delaney: only 15 states have one or more dedicated persons to problem gambling programs.
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Delaney: there are many benefits of a recovery oriented system of care. If we do an integrated approach, it will be more cost effective.
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