Mass. Council on Compulsive Gambling Slates Conference for April 16-17

NATICK — For more than 30 years, the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, a Boston-based, nonprofit health organization, has been a key resource for individuals struggling with gambling problems in the Commonwealth. The Council has slated its 2015 Massachusetts Conference on Gambling Problems, titled “Expanding the Boundaries to Advance Innovation” for Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, at the Verve, Crown Plaza Hotel in Natick, with a pre-conference session on Wednesday, April 15.

Conference workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. each day. This year’s conference will be filled with expert dialogue regarding the present and future environment of gambling disorder in the Commonwealth, including emerging technology and innovation in the areas of problem gambling awareness, treatment modalities, public policy and health initiatives, recovery supports, research outcomes, and the criminal justice system.

These sessions are ideal for clinicians; people in recovery or struggling with gambling problems; public-health, social-work and enforcement practitioners; students; clergy; legislators; regulators; and the general public concerned with the introduction of expanded gambling in Massachusetts.

To purchase tickets or learn more about the conference schedule and speakers, visit www.masscompulsivegambling.org/mccgconference2015. The ticket cost includes continental breakfast, lunch, materials, and continuing-education clock hours (NBCC ACEP No. 6331) for clinicians and students.