Gambling too much?
The UCONN Health Center Gambling Research and Treatment Center can help.

• Have you ever gambled more than you intended to?
• Felt guilty about your gambling?

The Gambling Treatment and Research Center at UCONN Health Center is supported by grants from the National Institute of Health. The Center has been in operation since 1998, and over 1,000 individuals with gambling problems have received treatment at our Center.

The Center offers free and confidential individualized treatment for gambling. Click here for more details about ongoing treatment research studies. Contact Suzanne toll free at 877-400-0570 or email gambling@psychiatry.uchc.edu to learn more.

In addition, the Center provides trainings to mental health professionals about screening for gambling problems in their clients and delivering gambling treatment. We also provide links to resources about gambling and gambling treatment for problem gamblers and their family members.

Dr. Nancy Petry, the Center's Director, is a Professor of Psychiatry at UCONN Health Center. She has been the keynote speaker at national and international conferences on gambling treatment and has published numerous articles, including research about Internet gambling, gambling in youth, and gambling in the elderly. Click here (MS Word) for a list of Center publications.

In addition, Dr. Petry has published a book about gambling and its treatment, containing step-by-step instructions for the delivery of evidenced-based gambling treatment: Petry, N.M. (2005). Pathological Gambling: Etiology, Comorbidity, and Treatment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.

This book received Choice Magazine's Award for Outstanding Academic Title in 2005, and it is available online at http://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4316046

To learn more about our Center, call Suzanne at 860-679-2177 or toll-free 877-400-0570. Email: gambling@psychiatry.uchc.edu

Please direct all news media inquiries to: Kristina Goodnough, 860-679-3700 goodnough@nso.uchc.edu.