Start time: 5 pm WA / 6:30 pm SA,NT
/ 7 pm ACT, NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC
Duration: 90 minutes
CPD: 1.5 hours
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- increase understanding of gambling harm, confidence to
talk about it, and support those affected
- intersectionality of gambling with other issues that impact health
e.g. trauma, mental health, alcohol, drugs, family violence.
- increase empathy, reduce stigma and shame – so more
people will speak up and seek help around gambling harm
- frame gambling as a public health issue
- inclusion of gambling as a screening question with patients
KEY TOPICS COVERED
- brief overview of gambling in Australia
- introduction to Three Sides of the Coin (3SOC) lived experience gambling harm
storytelling project
- screening of x2 lived experience 3SOC Recovery Gamble video stories, followed by QandA with storytellers (watch trailer: https://threesidesofthecoin.org.au/video-stories/)
- challenges in addressing gambling addiction within
healthcare
- referral pathways
PRESENTED BY
a project of
Through storytelling, performances about addiction and
recovery are devised with people with lived experience, creating a successful
model for Professional Development in health sectors (drugs, alcohol, mental
health, family violence).
ACRRM Host: Dr Peter Byrnes FACRRM
See Journal of Gambling Studies Lived Experience Performance to Reduce Stigma, Enhance Understanding of Gambling Harm and Change Attitudes and Behaviours of Professionals
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10899-023-10223-0.pdf