Treatment

This session will concentrate on relevant questions in aiding in the disordered gambling diagnosis assessment. The session will compare and contrast the DSM criteria for SA and disordered gambling.

Objectives:

• Participants will be given a list of potential questions to ask in completion of a disordered gambling assessment.
• Participants will learn how to use existing SUD assessment data mining skill in completing a gambling disorder assessment.

This session will introduce the assessment tools used to diagnose disordered gambling.

Objectives:

• Participants will understand the tools used to diagnose a gambling disorder.
• Participants will compare and contrast disordered gambling diagnosis and SUD diagnosis.

Introduction to the continuum of problematic gambling behaviors and gambling disorder and comorbidity with other disorders

 Objectives:

• Participants will learn about what is problem gambling and prevalence.
• Participants will be introduced to the DSM-5 criteria for Disordered Gambling and comorbidity with other Substance use and Mental Health Disorders.

Introduction to Gambling Treatment Part - 1 will begin the process of helping SA and MH counselors understand the Iowa history of gambling treatment.

Objectives:

• Participants will review history of gambling and state involvement.
• Participants will learn the similarities and differences between SUD and Gambling Disorder.