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Rachel A. Volberg is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily covers psychology, with a specific focus on clinical psychology. They also contribute to subfields including epidemiology, plant science, economics and econometrics, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their work concentrates on key topics such as gambling behavior and treatments, sexuality, behavior and technology, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, horticultural and viticultural research, sports analytics and performance, diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins, as well as schizophrenia research and treatment.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024, The Lancet Public Health
  • The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling, 2024, The Lancet Public Health
  • The Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: A revised framework for understanding gambling harm, 2020, Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Gambling formats, involvement, and problem gambling: which types of gambling are more risky?, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • The prevention paradox applies to some but not all gambling harms: Results from a Finnish population-representative survey, 2020, Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Rachel A. Volberg's frequent co-authors include:

  • David C. Hodgins (5 joint publications)
  • Max Abbott (4 joint publications)
  • Heather Wardle (3 joint publications)
  • Virve Marionneau (3 joint publications)
  • Daria Ukhova (3 joint publications)

Common venues where their research is published include:

  • International Gambling Studies (4 publications)
  • The Lancet Public Health (2 publications)
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • The prevalence and demographics of pathological gamblers: implications for public health.

    Rachel A. Volberg

  • THE POPULATION PREVALENCE OF PROBLEM GAMBLING: Methodological Influences, Standardized Rates, Jurisdictional Differences, and Worldwide Trends

    Robert J. Williams;Rachel A. Volberg;Rhys M. G. Stevens

  • A hierarchy of gambling disorders in the community.

    Marianna Toce-Gerstein;Dean R. Gerstein;Rachel A. Volberg

  • Refining prevalence estimates of pathological gambling.

    Rachel A. Volberg;Henry J. Steadman

  • An international perspective on youth gambling prevalence studies

    Rachel A Volberg;Rina Gupta;Mark D Griffiths;Daniel T Olason

  • The New Zealand national survey of problem and pathological gambling.

    Max W. Abbott;Rachel A. Volberg

  • Prevalence studies of problem gambling in the United States.

    Rachel A. Volberg

  • Prevalence and risks of pathological gambling in Sweden

    Rachel A. Volberg;Max W. Abbott;Sten Rönnberg;Ingrid M. E. Munck

  • Defining the online gambler and patterns of behaviour integration: evidence from the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010

    Heather Wardle;Alison Moody;Mark Griffiths;Jim Orford

  • Prevalence estimates of pathological gambling in New Jersey and Maryland.

    Rachel A. Volberg;Henry J. Steadman

  • Forms of gambling, gambling involvement and problem gambling: evidence from a Swedish population survey

    Per Binde;Ulla Romild;Rachel A. Volberg

  • The classification accuracy of four problem gambling assessment instruments in population research

    Robert J. Williams;Rachel A. Volberg

  • The NODS-CLiP: a rapid screen for adult pathological and problem gambling

    Marianna Toce-Gerstein;Dean R. Gerstein;Rachel A. Volberg

  • A prospective study of problem and regular nonproblem gamblers living in the community.

    Max W. Abbott;Maynard M. Williams;Rachel A. Volberg

  • Comparing the New Zealand and Swedish National Surveys of Gambling and Problem Gambling

    Max W. Abbott;Rachel A. Volberg;Sten Rönnberg

  • Association between exposure to childhood and lifetime traumatic events and lifetime pathological gambling in a twin cohort.

    Jeffrey F. Scherrer;Hong Xian;Julie M. Krygiel Kapp;Brian Waterman

  • An empirical evaluation of proposed changes for gambling diagnosis in the DSM-5

    Nancy M. Petry;Carlos Blanco;Randy D Stinchfield;Rachel Volberg

  • The Measurement of Adult Problem and Pathological Gambling

    Max W. Abbott;Rachel A. Volberg

  • Gambling and Problem Gambling in Sweden: Changes Between 1998 and 2009

    Max W. Abbott;Ulla Romild;Rachel A. Volberg

  • Best Practices in the Population Assessment of Problem Gambling

    Robert J. Williams;Rachel A. Volberg

  • Prevalence and risks of pathological gambling in Sweden: Pathological gambling in Sweden

    Rachel A. Volberg;Max W. Abbott;Sten Rönnberg;Ingrid M. E. Munck

Frequent Co-Authors

Max Abbott
Max Abbott Auckland University of Technology
Robert J. Williams
Robert J. Williams University of Lethbridge
Hong Xian
Hong Xian Saint Louis University
David C. Hodgins
David C. Hodgins University of Calgary
Dan I. Lubman
Dan I. Lubman Monash University
Nicki A. Dowling
Nicki A. Dowling Deakin University
Lena C. Quilty
Lena C. Quilty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Luke Clark
Luke Clark University of British Columbia
Wendy S. Slutske
Wendy S. Slutske University of Missouri
Victoria Manning
Victoria Manning Monash University

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