Gambling Below the Surface: Death by Suicide

Gambling Below the Surface: Death by Suicide

The New England ATTC, in partnership with the Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling, is hosting this targeted TA session with subject matter experts Mark Van Der Maas, PhD. and Ryan Dimeglio, LCSW, LCADC. This presentation details an attempt to find gambling-related cases of death by suicide from information in the National Violent Death Reporting System, which currently collects data on all officially recorded violent deaths in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

The presenters will discuss characteristics that were common among gambling-related cases including those related to demographics, alcohol use, financial problems, and relationship difficulties. Reflections on how to better capture the impacts of gambling on death by suicide, as well as implications for clinicians, will also be discussed.

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