The Edge:
A Resource for Iowa's Behavioral Health Professionals
2013 Edition, Volume 34
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The Edge, a news scan for Behavioral Health Professionals in Iowa strives to provide a glimpse of new trends, changes on the horizon in the field of substance abuse and problem gambling, and opportunities to increase your knowledge!
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Substance Abuse:
Noteworthy Articles
and Studies
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Children who grow up in poverty are more likely than wealthier children to smoke cigarettes, but they are less likely to binge drink and are no more prone to use marijuana, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.
When dramatic becomes dangerous: The relationship between smoking in movies and adolescent smoking Lacking a stable identity and searching outside of the self for acceptance is a combination that makes adolescents an especially impressionable age group often influenced by the messages within their environment. Substantial evidence suggests that exposure to smoking in movies is causally related to the initiation of smoking among U.S. adolescents. However, European youth have more access to movies that feature smoking, as many European countries have less strict regulations for smoking imagery in film. It's no longer shocking to hear of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder-and others simply facing a big test-taking ADHD medicine to boost their performance in school. But new studies point to a problem: There's little evidence that the drugs actually improve academic outcomes.
Messages in packs of Marlboro cigarettes invite buyers to visit campaigning website. The ads hit out against anti-tobacco groups as well as plans for proposals including the introduction of plain packaging.
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Problem Gambling: Noteworthy Articles
and Studies
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The social cost of gambling has been at the center of the debate over legalized casino gambling since the mid-1990s. Even now, more than a decade later, little progress has been made in researchers' ability to adequately identify and measure the potential costs of legalized gambling. There are a number of reasons for this lack of significant progress: (1) comorbidity, (2) survey data validity, (3) government expenditures and (4) the counterfactual scenario.
Gambling and the Brain: Why Neuroscience Research is Vital to Gambling Research
What is new over the past few decades is the research methodology based on advances in the field. This volume of Increasing the Odds: A Series Dedicated to Understanding Gambling Disorders focuses on studies representative of this new wave of neuroscience research.
Lifetime bans and the similarities between gambling and steroids
Of course gambling and steroids are different. But maybe by exploring how they're similar, we can figure out why one gets a lifetime ban and the other doesn't.
What are the Odds? - Part of responsible gaming is understanding the odds of games and how they work. This video illustrates the house advantage inherent in all casino games and talks about the odds some of the most popular ones. It also debunks myths about slot machines by outlining how they work. Created by the American Gaming Association (July 2013)
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Upcoming Trainings and Materials
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ISAIC Training CalendarTrainings around the state in the field of Behavioral Health, including national webinars and online train |
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Three Sessions:
July 31 -- Treatment Planning MATRS
August 14 -- Medication Assisted Treatment
August 28 -- Motivational Incentives
WHAT DOES CULTURE HAVE TO DO WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT?
Presented by Ignacio Alejandro Barajas-Munoz, MS and Jan Wrolstad, MDiv of Mid-America ATTC. September 5, 2013 - 1:00-4:00 at Heartland Family Services - 515 E. Broadway, Council Bluffs, IA. Cost is $30.00 ($25.00 for Heartland Family Services employees)
CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TREATING HISPANIC POPULATIONS
Presented by Ignacio Alejandro Barajas-Munoz, MS and Jan Wrolstad, MDiv of Mid-America ATTC. September 6, 2013 - 9:00-Noon at the IBC office - 225 NW School St., Ankeny, IA Cost is $30.00
Save the Date! Iowa Prevention Conference: November 13, 2013
Did you miss a NCRG Webinar? You can view archived webinars here.
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