Overview of: Prevalence of Adult and Adolescent Problem Gambling BHS Baltimore Training March 11, 2014

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1 Overview of: Prevalence of Adult and Adolescent Problem Gambling BHS Baltimore Training March 11, 2014 Carl E. Robertson, MRE, MDiv Prevention Manager Helpline:

2 Objectives Participants will be able to: Define What is Gambling and Problem Gambling Describe 3 reasons why youth gamble and with whom do they gamble Distinguish between Adult and Youth Prevalence rates that are utilized Nationally and Statewide Identify Youth Gambling Prevention resources and screens

3 Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling Partnership of Maryland Council on Problem Gambling and the University of Maryland School of Medicine Funded with a 3 year grant ( ) from State Health Department Purpose: Identify and promote problem gambling treatment resources Provide Maryland based prevention and research initiatives Establish problem gambling lending library resources Conduct Public and Professional Awareness Outreach Campaigns Manage Maryland Problem Gambling Hotline:

4 What is gambling? If you bet on a horse, that s gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that s entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that s business. What s the difference? Gambling is any activity or game where you risk something of value or money on an outcome that is not guaranteed.

5 What is Problem Gambling? Problem Gambling is any gambling, betting or wagering that causes family, financial, legal, emotional or other problems for the gambler, their family or others: The essential features include: Increasing preoccupation with gambling Need to bet more and more money Frequently restlessness or irritability when trying to stop Chasing after losses and loss of control despite consequences Gambling problems can be mild or quite severe and can worsen over time and in the most severe cases lead to suicide or other negative outcomes

6 Problem and Pathological Gambling Definitions Problem Gambling is a descriptive term used to define those individuals with problems in their lives due to gambling. Pathological/Compulsive Gambling- is the clinical term for the Impulsive Control Disorder defined in DSM IV (failure to resist the impulse to gamble)

7 Problem Severity Continuum

8 What do we know about Adult and Adolescent Problem Gambling? Actually, quite a lot, there is data from sources such as: National Research Council 1999 McGill University 1998/Present National Council on Compulsive Gambling Gambling Prevalence in Maryland: A Baseline Analysis 2010 Johns Hopkins Longitudinal Study

9 Who Are Adult Problem Gamblers based on National Research Council Survey 1999 About 1-3% of the Adult Population of the U.S. has a Gambling Problem Estimated to be over 4-6 million adults in the United States(combination of pathological/problem gamblers) Estimated to be over 128,670 adults in Maryland (based on 2011 census projections)

10 Who Are Adult Problem Gamblers based on Maryland Baseline Survey 2010 Survey indicated 3.4 % of the Adult Population in Maryland are problem/pathological gamblers (1.5% pathological/1.9% are problem gamblers) Estimated to be over 154,400 adults in Maryland(based on Maryland Baseline projections) Range: 128, ,400 Adult Marylanders Maryland Baseline Study: see

11 WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? +

12 WHAT DOES + REPRESENT? Capacity 71,008 x 2 = 142,016 Represents less than the 154,400 MD Adult Problem Gamblers

13 Developmental Issues Nature of adolescence (stage of risk-taking, experimentation, for acceptance by peers, group conformity, etc.) First generation of youth exposed to ready access and varied gambling venues Gambling has become the new rite of passage Minimum legal age to place a bet varies across states, but many opportunities for 18-year-olds in Canada, United States, and around the world

14 Adolescence is a period of profound brain maturation. Previous belief that brain development was complete during childhood The maturation process is not complete until about age 24!!! March 14

15 Adolescents with gambling problems have poor general coping skills (Gupta, 1999; Gupta & Derevensky, 2001; Gupta, Derevensky, & Marget, 2005; Nower, Gupta & Derevensky, 2000) Adolescent problem gamblers report beginning gambling at earlier ages, approximately 10 years of age (Derevensky & Gupta, 2001; Gupta & Derevensky,1997a,1998a; Wynne et al., 1996) Rapid movement from social gambler to problem gambler (Derevensky, 1999; Derevensky & Gupta, 1996, 1999; Gupta & Derevensky, 1998a, 2000)