“In the next five years, our partnership with the Department of Mental Health and Psychology graduate student therapists in telehealth and in-person services. Treatment among historically underserved communities. Together, these clinics will evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of gambling disorder It convenient to drive to one of the clinics. While the UM clinic focuses on ethnic minority and urban communities in West Tennessee.īoth clinics welcome telehealth clients living anywhere in the state who may not find The new clinic will focus itsĮfforts on providing services to those in rural and urban communities in Appalachia, Meredith Ginley, an assistant professor of psychology Only increasing with the ubiquity of sports gambling,” he said. “A good defense is our best offense at this point, as gambling disorder symptoms are Of the Institute’s second clinic at ETSU. Whelan calls this latest MHSAS grant a “game changer,” as it provides for the opening Than 1,000 people whose lives have been significantly harmed by gambling. Partnership with MHSAS hasĪfforded TIGER the opportunity to maintain a clinic on the UM campus to treat more TIGER has earned an international reputation for research on prevention and treatmentįor gambling disorders since its establishment in 1999. James Whelan, UM psychology professor and Institute director, Revenues in fiscal year 2021-22, while an additional $2 billion was wagered in Tennessee

The Tennessee Education Lottery has verified a record $2 billion in Gambling continues to grow, and nine out of 10 people with a gambling problem never Gambling-related harms include mental health problems, failed businesses,Ĭriminal activity, broken families, bankruptcy and suicide. Each person with a gambling disorder will adversely impact six Their gambling, and for another 100,000, that level of harm can be diagnosed as a To TIGER, more than 200,000 Tennesseans will experience some level of harm due to Gambling for most people does not cause harm to themselves or others. In managing gambling harms experienced by the people living in our communities,” Ginley

“In the next five years, our partnership with MHSAS will make Tennessee a leader (TIGER) at the University of Memphis (UM) to expand gambling research and treatment This grant was recently awarded to The Institute for Gambling Education and Research Million grant by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Individuals whose lives have been significantly harmed by gambling, thanks to a $1.2 East Tennessee State University is home to the second clinic in the state to treat

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