By Amy Kugler, communications and outreach manager for the
National Center for Responsible Gaming
This is the time each year that I get most excited about the
many incredible speakers that are on the docket for the NCRG Conference on Gambling and Addiction.
This event co-locates each year with G2E,
allowing industry members, regulators, academics, researchers and clinicians
the opportunity to continue discussing practical applications of the latest
research on gambling disorders and responsible gaming.
Mark your calendars and join us for the 14th
annual NCRG Conference on Gambling and Addiction September 22-24 at the Sands
Expo and Convention Center. This year’s conference will examine how the
Affordable Care Act and the American Psychiatric Association’s newly revised
diagnostic guide – the highly anticipated DSM-5
– will impact the field of gambling disorders and addiction as a whole. Here
are some of the sessions and topics that we’re looking forward to examining:
- Behind the Screen: Characteristics of Internet Gamblers Who Trigger Responsible Gaming Interventions – Dr. Heather Gray from the Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance will present about her recent studies that examine what responsible gaming interventions can tell us about Internet gamblers with potential problems.
- Lessons for the Effective Promotion of Responsible Gaming: leaders with expertise in cause-related marketing campaigns will lead a discussion of some potential ways to expand the communication of some of the industry’s responsible gaming programs.
- The Evolving Definition of Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders – William Narrow, director of research for the committee that revised the DSM-5, will discuss the changes in the diagnostic criteria for gambling disorders and how those revisions may impact key stakeholders.
We hope you’ll join us for this year’s NCRG Conference! For
more information, visit www.ncrg.org/conference.
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