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| Renee M Cunningham-Williams |
visiting associate professor of social work
Expertise: gambling addiction, substance abuse, risk taking, antisocial behaviors, crisis intervention
Bio:
Cunningham-Williams' expertise centers on the comorbidity of mental health disorders, particularly those relating to behavioral addictions, risk taking, and antisocial behaviors.
Her recent publications have focused on the epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of gambling disorders. She has developed several diagnostic assessments for pathological gambling that are in various stages of dissemination. Other research includes HIV prevention, substance abuse/dependence and the methodology of street outreach to culturally diverse and hidden populations.
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Education:
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Ph.D. at Washington University
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Master's Degree in Psychiatric Epidemiology at Washington University
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M.S.W. at Washington University
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B.S.W. at Howard University
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New developments in gambling addiction research
DSM-IV diagnosis applies equally well for Caucasian and African-American gamblers when combined with new assessment tool (video available)
Aug. 22,
2007 --
"With African-Americans and other minority groups having both problem and pathological gambling rates that are 2-3 times higher than Caucasian gamblers, accurate diagnosis is essential to treat gambling addiction," says Renee Cunningham-Williams, Ph.D., a leading gambling addictions expert and visiting associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis. In a first step to close this gap in care, Cunningham-Williams successfully led the development and testing of a new assessment tool, the Gambling Assessment Module, to determine the reliability of current pathological gambling disorder criteria.
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