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Neuroscience in gambling policy and treatment: an interdisciplinary perspective
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posted on 2017-06-01, 00:00 authored by M Yücel, A Carter, A R Allen, B Balleine, L Clark, Nicki DowlingNicki Dowling, S M Gainsbury, A E Goudriaan, J Grant, A Hayes, D Hodgins, R van Holst, R Lattimore, C Livingstone, V Lorenzetti, D Lubman, C Murawski, L Parkes, N Petry, R Room, B Singh, Anna ThomasAnna Thomas, P Townshend, George YoussefGeorge Youssef, W HallNeuroscientific 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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Lancet psychiatryVolume
4Issue
6Pagination
501 - 506Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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2215-0366eISSN
2215-0374Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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