Submission Title
Gambling Disorder Screening Day: A Ten-year Retrospective
Session Title
Session 1-4-C: Lightning Talks
Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Location
Park MGM, Las Vegas, NV
Start Date
23-5-2023 3:45 PM
End Date
23-5-2023 5:15 PM
Disciplines
Clinical Psychology
Abstract
Population-based screening initiatives for substance use and mental health disorders have several benefits, including the identification of previously undetected cases, feasibility in a range of clinical and non-clinical settings, widespread health education, and—in some cases—serving as a catalyst for healthy behavior change. Nearly ten years ago, in response to anticipated gambling expansion, the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance and its close partners launched a new initiative called Gambling Disorder Screening Day (GDSD). GDSD falls on the second Tuesday of March, timed to coincide with National Problem Gambling Month. We have engaged with clinical partners around the United States and beyond to screen clients using the 3-item Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen, and we have engaged with non-clinical partners to promote this initiative broadly. This lightning talk will first review the rationale for GDSD. Then, it will summarize GDSD’s ten-year expansion within the framework of the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Implementation, Adoption, and Maintenance) model. Finally, we will preview next steps and solicit ideas from the audience for continually improving and expanding GDSD in the future.
Gambling disorder creates financial, social, and emotional hardship. Though it is a treatable condition, it often goes undetected and, therefore, untreated. Screening provides an opportunity to detect cases and offer referrals and resources. Gambling Disorder Screening Day was designed to accomplish these goals in anticipation of regional/national gambling expansion.
Keywords
Gambling Disorder, screening, clinical, public health, evaluation
Funding Sources
There is no specific funding source for this work. Division on Addiction funders are listed here: https://www.divisiononaddiction.org/funding-statement/
Competing Interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Division on Addiction funders are listed here: https://www.divisiononaddiction.org/funding-statement/
Gambling Disorder Screening Day: A Ten-year Retrospective
Park MGM, Las Vegas, NV
Population-based screening initiatives for substance use and mental health disorders have several benefits, including the identification of previously undetected cases, feasibility in a range of clinical and non-clinical settings, widespread health education, and—in some cases—serving as a catalyst for healthy behavior change. Nearly ten years ago, in response to anticipated gambling expansion, the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance and its close partners launched a new initiative called Gambling Disorder Screening Day (GDSD). GDSD falls on the second Tuesday of March, timed to coincide with National Problem Gambling Month. We have engaged with clinical partners around the United States and beyond to screen clients using the 3-item Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen, and we have engaged with non-clinical partners to promote this initiative broadly. This lightning talk will first review the rationale for GDSD. Then, it will summarize GDSD’s ten-year expansion within the framework of the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Implementation, Adoption, and Maintenance) model. Finally, we will preview next steps and solicit ideas from the audience for continually improving and expanding GDSD in the future.
Gambling disorder creates financial, social, and emotional hardship. Though it is a treatable condition, it often goes undetected and, therefore, untreated. Screening provides an opportunity to detect cases and offer referrals and resources. Gambling Disorder Screening Day was designed to accomplish these goals in anticipation of regional/national gambling expansion.