About the Webinar
Video games are hugely popular among youth and emerging adults. Though fun and entertaining, there are risks associated with excessive gaming and with the increasingly blurred lines between gambling and gaming.
Brain Connections is a knowledge translation team that develops free, accessible, and engaging products related to the neurobiology of gambling disorder. In 2024, based on popular demand, Iris, Deirdre, and the Brain Connections team created brand new products on the interplay between youth gambling and gaming.
In this webinar, you will learn about the latest Brain Connections products, which include an animated video, a clinical handout, a BE Brief and a gaming primer. We will discuss how you can use these new resources in your work and answer questions you have about youth gambling and gaming neurobiology.
Attendees will earn 1 continuing education hour. Agencies that have approved ICRG as a CE Provider include:
- The International Center for Responsible Gaming is approved by NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, to offer continuing education (Provider # 100793).
- The International Center for Responsible Gaming is approved by NBCC, National Board of Certified Counselors, as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6474. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The ICRG is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
- The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The ICRG maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Learning Objectives
- Increase your knowledge on the interplay between gambling and gaming.
- Learn about gambling and gaming harms related to youth and emerging adults.
- Consider how the Brain Connections tools can be used in your setting.
Featured Speakers
Dr. Iris M. Balodis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. She is the Associate Director of the Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, the Associate Director of the Centre for Clinical Neuroscience as well as a faculty associate with the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research and Director of the Integrated Neuroscience of Motivation and Change (IN-MaC) Laboratory. As one of the founding members of the Ontario Gambling Research Society (OGRS), she is working with colleagues across the province to advance the theory, research and practice of problem gambling research. Her overall program of research covers different facets of reward and stress processing. Towards the goal of better understanding these processes, Dr. Balodis applies brain imaging, psychophysiological, behavioural and other approaches across various populations. This includes individuals with substance-based disorders, such as cannabis or alcohol use disorders, and non-substance based disorders, including gambling disorder. Most recently, her research program is examining co-use of substances while gambling.
Deirdre Querney, is a Registered Social Worker and Certified Problem Gambling Counsellor with the City of Hamilton’s Alcohol, Drug & Gambling Services in Ontario, Canada. Deirdre has over 25 years of experience in providing outpatient addiction treatment services, including individual and group therapy for gambling disorder. She also teaches in McMaster University’s Professional Addiction Studies Program, where she shares her expertise in behavioral addictions. Deirdre has a passion for knowledge translation in this field, and was awarded, along with her project partner Dr. Iris Balodis, the 2023 ICRG Scientific Achievement Award for their work on Brain Connections.
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