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IN 2022, KINDBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (KRI) MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ADVANCING PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON MILITARY MEMBERS AND VETERANS, A VULNERABLE GROUP THAT EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT HARM FROM GAMBLING AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND GAMBLING TREATMENT AVAILABILITY IN THE US. THE MILITARY PROGRAMS INCLUDED 50X4VETS, A RESEARCH PROGRAM FOCUSED ON IMPROVING TREATMENT FOR VETERANS, AND THE MILITARY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROGRAM (MRAP), WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING FOR VETERANS INTERESTED IN A FUTURE CAREER IN PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR REDUCING GAMBLING-RELATED HARM.50X4VETSTHE GOAL OF THE 50X4VETS PROGRAM IS TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF RESEARCH AND INCREASE THE RATE OF RESEARCH ON TREATMENT FOR VETERANS WITH GAMBLING DISORDER BY 50-TIMES IN THE NEXT 4 YEARS. THE 50X4VETS PROGRAM IS SPLIT BETWEEN TEAMS IN OHIO AND LAS VEGAS. EACH TEAM INCLUDES A GROUP OF ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS PARTNERED WITH TREATMENT PROVIDERS AT AND INPATIENT VA.THE OHIO TEAMTHE OHIO PROJECT IS LED BY DR. JOSHUA GRUBBS AT BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, OHIO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER.OHIO CENTER AIMTHE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE CENTER IS TO MAKE THE 50+ YEARS OF EXISTING PATIENT DATA, AND ONGOING DATA COLLECTION AT THE CLEVELAND VA, USABLE BY RESEARCHERS TO TEST HYPOTHESES ON PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS, CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS, AND PATIENT OUTCOMES. THE INSIGHTS PRODUCED BY THE OHIO CENTER WILL IDENTIFY THE BEST, MOST COST-EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS WHICH CAN THEN BE IMPLEMENTED IN VA CLINICS IN THE US AND ABROAD.OHIO PROGRESSIONTHE BGSU CENTER HAS COMPLETED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES TOWARDS STATED AIMS. GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT HAVE CONTINUED THEIR WORK, WITH FOUR MANUSCRIPTS UNDER PREPARATION. RESEARCH COORDINATOR HIRED AT THE CLEVELAND VA HAS BEGUN COMPILING DATA FROM THE GTP'S PREVIOUS TREATMENT HISTORY. THREE PRESENTATIONS (2 BY DR. JOSHUA GRUBBS; 1 BY DR. SHANE KRAUS) WERE ACCEPTED TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF RESPONSIBLE GAMING. FIVE STUDENT-LED POSTERS WERE ACCEPTED TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF RESPONSIBLE GAMING.THE LAS VEGAS TEAMTHE LAS VEGAS TEAM IS LED BY DR. SHANE KRAUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS (UNLV), NEVADA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAS VEGAS VA RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY AND RENEWAL CENTER (LVR3).LAS VEGAS CENTER AIMTHE GOAL OF THE CENTER IS TO CONDUCT FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH ON THE TREATMENT POPULATION UTILIZING THE LVR3 AND TO DESIGN AND TEST TREATMENT MODALITIES IN A REAL-WORLD SETTING. SPECIFICALLY, THE CENTER AND LVR3 WILL EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NOVEL CLINICAL TREATMENTS (E.G., PSYCHOEDUCATION, PHARMACOTHERAPY, PSYCHOTHERAPY) FOR GAMBLING DISORDER AMONG US ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL AND VETERANS. THE CENTER WILL ALSO COLLABORATE AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE WITH THE OHIO CENTER. FURTHERMORE, THE CENTER WILL SERVE AS A LEADING TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS AND RESEARCHERS WHO WISH TO GAIN ADVANCED TRAINING IN GAMBLING DISORDER FOR MILITARY POPULATIONS.LAS VEGAS PROGRESSIONTHE UNLV CENTER OPENED IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2022. IN THAT TIME DR. KRAUS HAS HIRED STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, SET UP PROTOCOLS FOR DATA COLLECTION WITH THE LAS VEGAS VA RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY AND RENEWAL CENTER (LVR3), AND PUBLISHED AND DISSEMINATED RESEARCH ON GAMBLING DISORDER AMONG VETERANS AROUND THE COUNTRY. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A PRESENTATION AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF RESPONSIBLE GAMING, TWO STUDENT-LED POSTERS PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF RESPONSIBLE GAMING, AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND TALKS THAT WERE SUPPORTED BY THE GRANT FROM KRI.THE MILITARY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROGRAM (MRAP)KINDBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE'S (KRI) MILITARY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROGRAM (MRAP) ASSISTS VETERANS TRANSITIONING FROM MILITARY SERVICE TO ADVANCED TRAINING IN MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND RESEARCH.MRAP PROGRESSIONIN THE PILOT YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, MARK LUCIA JOINED KRI TO DEVELOP THE MRAP PROGRAM AND ACT AS THE PILOT MEMBER IN SEPTEMBER 2021. KRI ASSISTED WITH HIS SCHOOL APPLICATIONS RESULTING IN ADMISSION INTO 4 OF HIS TOP CHOICE SCHOOLS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, AND JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. IN SUMMER 2022, HE BEGAN A DUAL DEGREE MPH/MBA AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. ADDITIONALLY, MARK CONDUCTED UNIQUE RESEARCH ON RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING IN DOD-OPERATED FACILITIES WHICH WERE PRESENTED AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN 2022 AND PUBLISHED ONE PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE WITH KRI STAFF. MOST RECENTLY, MARK WAS RECRUITED TO JOIN THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING'S MILITARY COMMITTEE.GAMBLING TREATMENT SHORTAGES IN THE USTHE TREATMENT SHORTAGE STUDY IS LED BY JAMEY J. LISTER AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ALONG WITH THE RUTGERS CENTER FOR GAMBLING STUDIES.AIMTHIS PROJECT INVOLVES THREE SEPARATE AND RELATED GOALS: 1) TO CREATE NOVEL AND INNOVATIVE MULTI-YEAR DATA SETS THAT ALSO WILL DEMONSTRATE FEASIBILITY FOR FUTURE YEARS OF DATA COLLECTION AND LINKAGE TO OTHER SOURCES, 2) TO USE THE NOVEL DATA SETS TO CALCULATE TREATMENT AVAILABILITY MEASURES FOR GD (RAW AND PER-CAPITA SUPPLY OF CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED GD TREATMENT PROVIDERS/LOCATIONS), WHILE CALCULATING SIMILAR MEASURES FOR SUDS AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, AND 3) TO CONDUCT STATISTICAL ANALYSES TO IDENTIFY GD TREATMENT SHORTAGES AMONG RURAL COMMUNITIES, EXAMINE THE EXTENT OF GD TREATMENT SHORTAGES COMPARED TO THOSE FOR OTHER PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER SERVICES, AND WHETHER GD TREATMENT SHORTAGES ARE CHANGING YEAR OVER YEAR.PROGRESSIONTO DATE, THE RESEARCHERS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT. THEY HAVE LINKED THE RAW AND PER-CAPITA GD TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICE METRICS TO MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC CODES AT THE COUNTY, STATE, DIVISION, AND REGION LEVELS. THESE SCHEMES INCLUDE RURAL-URBAN CONTINUUM CODES (E.G., URBAN, MICROPOLITAN RURAL, AND REMOTE RURAL COUNTIES), THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE COUNTY TYPOLOGY CODES (E.G., COUNTIES DEPENDENT ON FARMING, MANUFACTURING, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, ETC.), AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU CATEGORIZATIONS OF DIVISIONS (E.G., NEW ENGLAND, MOUNTAIN) AND REGIONS (E.G., NORTHEAST, SOUTH, MIDWEST, WEST). DEMOGRAPHIC MEASURES (E.G., EDUCATION, POVERTY, DISABILITY, INCOME, RACE, ETC.) EXTRACTED FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU IN THE FIRST QUARTER WERE LINKED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL DURING THE SECOND QUARTER.