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The NHS Long Term plan has announced an expansion of NHS Services for gambling addiction. This investment to expand NHS specialist clinics will help to support more people with serious gambling problems. This conferences focuses on developing effective support for people with gambling related addiction, and developing competence in working with people with gambling addiction within mental health and substance misuse services.
We’re committed to tackling gambling addiction as a mental health issue
Hundreds of thousands of people in England have a serious problem with gambling, with an additional two million at risk of developing a disorder
This conference will enable you to:
• Network with colleagues who are working to improve support and treatment for people with gambling related addition
• Reflect on a lived experience perspective
• Explore the national context including the NHS commitment to expand services for people with gambling related addiction
• Understand the needs of people with gambling related addictions
• Develop an effective treatment pathway for gambling addiction
• Improve working to support children and young people with gambling addiction
• Explore the underlying causes and co-morbid conditions
• Improve the way you manage online addiction and the technology that can help
• Develop your skills and competence in supporting people with gambling addiction in an integrated way within existing drug and alcohol treatment services
• Understand how you can support families, friends and carers of people with gambling addiction
• Identify key strategies for reducing suicide associated with gambling addiction
• Self assess and reflect on your own practice
• Gain cpd accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence