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Earlier this year, the VA New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Mass., released the findings from a pilot study funded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The study screened 260 veterans who visited the hospital\u2019s behavioral health clinic over a 10-month period. Nearly a third of those veterans reported they had gambled within the past year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Most of the veterans who are in the study were being seen initially for depression or anxiety.<\/p>\n
Veterans who reported gambling as a problem were most likely to play traditional lottery games, such as Powerball, as well as scratch-off games. Nearly six percent of the veterans screened were identified as having a gambling disorder and admitted their problem. The study also found that all of them had histories of anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also an effort underway to help active-duty military members get help for problem gambling. US Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/a> filed a bill earlier this year that would mandate the Department of Defense screen military personnel and develop programs for those who are battling addiction and problem gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) celebrated the opening of a gambling addiction center in Las Vegas. The 20-bed facility is just the second such run by the VA. The Las Vegas Residential Recovery and Renewal Center will help veterans learn about what triggers their addictions and develop a prevention plan. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":122073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699,18943],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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