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Neuroscience in gambling policy and treatment: an interdisciplinary perspective
Murat Yucel Adrian Carter Amy R Allen Bernard Balleine Luke Clark Nicki A Dowling Sally M Gainsbury Anna E Goudriaan Jon Grant Alan Hayes
Murat Yucel
Adrian Carter
Amy R Allen
Bernard Balleine
Luke Clark
Nicki A Dowling
Sally M Gainsbury
Anna E Goudriaan
Jon Grant
Alan Hayes
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Murat Yucel
Adrian Carter
Amy R Allen
Bernard Balleine
Luke Clark
Nicki A Dowling
Sally M Gainsbury
Anna E Goudriaan
Jon Grant
Alan Hayes
David Hodgins
Ruth van Holst
Ralph Lattimore
Charles Livingstone
Valentina Lorenzetti
Dan Lubman
Carsten Murawski
Linden Parkes
Nancy Petry
Robin Room
Bruce Singh
Anna Thomas
Phil Townshend
G J Youssef
Wayne Hall
Adrian Carter
Amy R Allen
Bernard Balleine
Luke Clark
Nicki A Dowling
Sally M Gainsbury
Anna E Goudriaan
Jon Grant
Alan Hayes
David Hodgins
Ruth van Holst
Ralph Lattimore
Charles Livingstone
Valentina Lorenzetti
Dan Lubman
Carsten Murawski
Linden Parkes
Nancy Petry
Robin Room
Bruce Singh
Anna Thomas
Phil Townshend
G J Youssef
Wayne Hall
Abstract
Neuroscientific explanations of gambling disorder can help people make sense of their experiences and guide the development of psychosocial interventions. However, the societal perceptions and implications of these explanations are not always clear or helpful. Two workshops in 2013 and 2014 brought together multidisciplinary researchers aiming to improve the clinical and policy-related effects of neuroscience research on gambling. The workshops revealed that neuroscience can be used to improve identification of the dangers of products used in gambling. Additionally, there was optimism associated with the diagnostic and prognostic uses of neuroscience in problem gambling and the provision of novel tools (eg, virtual reality) to assess the effectiveness of new policy interventions before their implementation. Other messages from these workshops were that neuroscientific models of decision making could provide a strong rationale for precommitment strategies and that interdisciplinary collaborations are needed to reduce the harms of gambling.
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2017
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Journal article
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The Lancet Psychiatry
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4
Issue
6
Page Range
501-506
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School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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