Summary:
The Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) research team has released a new report looking at four waves of the first major adult cohort study of gambling conducted in the United States. By surveying the same individuals over time, cohort studies provide information on how gambling and problem gambling develops, progresses, and remits. This has significant value as it can highlight risk and protective factors important in developing effective prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support services.