A recent study of veterans receiving care through the Department of Veterans Affairs revealed that about 8% of U.S. veterans are problem gamblers and an additional 2% are pathological gamblers. The study, funded by the VA Health Services Research and Development, was presented by Joseph J. Westermeyer IV, MD, at the annual meeting of the …
Tag Archive: Gambling Research
Jan
16
Minnesotan Receives International Addiction Research Award
Jessie Breyer, Ph.D., a member of the Psychology faculty at Century College in White Bear Lake, received the 2010 Durand Jacobs Award for her paper, “Young Adult Gambling Behaviors and their Relationship with the Persistence of ADHD.” The Durand Jacobs Award, bestowed by the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviours at McGill …
