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Keywords:
- gambling stigma,
- culture,
- help-seeking
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Biographical notes
Dr. Catherine Hitch’s research mainly focuses on military veteran help-seeking behaviour for a range of mental health difficulties. Her work includes examining how they self-manage their mental health experiences, which often includes the use of addictive behaviours (such as alcohol and gambling) as a coping strategy. Catherine has taken a particular interest in hidden and hard-to reach veteran populations who tend to experience poorer mental health and worse addiction outcomes as a result of help-seeking barriers. Such barriers often present as self perceived stigma or accessibility.
Dr. Alice Hoon is an Associate Professor in Medical Psychology at Swansea University Medical School. Her research interests include gambling behaviour, structural characteristics of slot machines, gambling treatment, and third wave therapies. Alice’s teaching interests include addiction, mental health, and medical psychology. She has been conducting gambling research for over 18 years and is a co-founder and co-director of the Grambling Research, Education and Treatment (GREAT) Network Wales.
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