THE NATIONAL CENTER for RESPONSIBLE GAMING 1996 ---

THE NATIONAL CENTER for RESPONSIBLE GAMING

1996 ---

Institutions Funded by NCRG• Boston University Medical

School• City of Hope Medical

Center• Harvard Medical School• Johns Hopkins University• Laval University• Massachusetts General

Hospital• McGill University• University of Calgary• University of California-

Davis• University of Colorado• University of Connecticut

• University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

• University of Illinois-Chicago• University of Iowa• University of Michigan• University of Minnesota• University of New Mexico• University of South Alabama• VA Medical Center Cleveland• Virginia Commonwealth

University• Washington University School

of Medicine• Yale University School of

Medicine

NCRG-Funded ResearchPublished in 130 Leading Journals

• American Journal of Public Health

• Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

• Neuron• American Journal of

Psychiatry • Neuroreport • Addictive Behaviors• Canadian Journal of

Psychiatry• Journal of American College

Health• Annals of the American

Academy of Political and Social Science

• Harvard Review of Psychiatry

• International Clinical Psychopharmacology

• Biological Psychiatry• Psychiatric Times• Annual Review of Public

Health• Addiction• Canadian Journal of

Public Health• Molecular Psychiatry• Journal of the American

Medical Association• Journal of Consulting and

Clinical Psychology

Measuring Impact of NCRG

• NCRG grant of $54,000 supported clinical trial of drug naltrexone at the University of Minnesota

• Successful pilot led to $464,463 grant from the National Institutes of Health

In 2000, NCRG established first U.S. research center focused on gambling

disorders at Harvard Medical School

Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders

Supports cutting-edge research Awards 1/3 of its funds to non-Harvard

institutions for research Disseminates weekly online research reports to

thousands of readers around the world Co-sponsors annual NCRG conference on

Gambling and Addiction

Held every year in Las Vegas and is currently in its seventh year

Will be held this year from Nov. 12-14 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

Draws international participants from a broad range of sectors involved in gambling issues, including government regulators, elected officials, scientific researchers, clinicians, gaming operators and manufacturers

NCRG Annual Conference on Gambling and Addiction

Thanks to NCRG, we have….

• Promising treatments for gambling disorders• Greater understanding of youth gambling • New instruments for accurately measuring,

screening and diagnosing pathological gambling• Important developments in how we look at all

addictions• Better understanding among industry leaders

on how to deal with health risks among employees

• Improved evaluations on intervention programs• Strides in development of treatment options

based on sound science

An employee education program designed to exceed the requirements

of company and state regulations, set to launch this year

EMERGE Training

THE NATIONAL CENTER for RESPONSIBLE GAMING

1996 ---