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PROF ALUN JACKSON



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: DIRECTOR, PROBLEM GAMBLING RESEARCH CENTRE
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Homepage: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphc/pgrtc/index.html
Work: 8344 8530
Mobile: 0422 444 067
Fax: 9347 2484
Room: B10
Building: Old Geology Building
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne
Diploma in Social Studies University of Melbourne
Master of Science University of Bristol
Doctor of Philosophy University of Warwick

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
PROBLEM GAMBLING AND DEPRESSION: A PREVALENCE STUDY Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants 01/12/2006
PROBLEM GAMBLING AND DEPRESSION: A PREVALENCE STUDY Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants 01/12/2006
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCESS TO GAMBLING AND GAMBLING BEHAVIOUR IN VICTORIA: A LONGTITUDINAL STUDY USING SURVEY AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL DATA WITH A FOCUS ON PROBLEM GAMBLING Chief Investigator DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Grants for Gambling Research 05/02/2007
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCESS TO GAMBLING AND GAMBLING BEHAVIOUR IN VICTORIA: A LONGTITUDINAL STUDY USING SURVEY AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL DATA WITH A FOCUS ON PROBLEM GAMBLING Chief Investigator DEPT OF JUSTICE,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Grants for Gambling Research (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE) 05/02/2007

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR CONSULTANCY: DEVELOPMENT OF A PROBLEM GAMBLING RESOURCE KIT FOR SCHOOLS Chief Investigator DEPT OF JUSTICE 01/10/2006
PROBLEM GAMBLING RESEARCH AND TREATMENT CENTRE AGREEMENT Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY,
DEPT OF JUSTICE
01/07/2007
CHILDREN AT RISK OF DEVELOPING PROBLEM GAMBLING Chief Investigator DEPT OF JUSTICE 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • A Review of Pharmacological Approaches to Intervention in Pathological Gambling
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 192-207
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  • Adolescent Gambling Behaviour and Attitudes: A Prevalence Study and Correlates in an Australian Population
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 325-352
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  • Behavioral Interventions in the Treatment of Pathological Gambling: A Review of Activity Scheduling and Desensitization
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 172-186
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  • Problem gambling: what do general practitioners need to know and do about it?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 189
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 135-136
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  • The Role of Social Support in Families coping with Childhood Brain Tumor
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-24
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  • Treatment careers in problem gambling: Factors associated with first treatment and treatment re-entry
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Addiction Research and Theory
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 618-632
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Reports

  • Evaluation of Gambler's Help Northern Peer Connection Program Pilot 2: Final Report
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Banyule Community Health Service (Gambler's Help Northern)
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Risk and Protective Factors in Problem Gambling: Report to the Victorian Department of Justice
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Victorian Department of Justice
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Risk and Protective Factors, Depression and Comorbidities in Problem Gambling
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Beyond Blue
    Publisher: beyondblue - The Depression Initiative(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Problem Gambling Resource Kit: A guide to assist health and welfare workers who encounter problem gambling issues
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Department of Justice, Victoria(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Pediatric Brain Tumour Patients: Their Parents’ Perceptions of the Hospital Experience



    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 95-105
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Publications in 2006

Reports

  • Problem gambling: a guide for Victorian schools
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Department of Justice, Victorian Government
    Publisher: Victorian Government Publishing Service(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Problematic gambling behaviour
    Year: 2005
    Book: Behavioural Change
    Publisher: Elsevier(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Change and Continuity in a Help-Seeking Problem Gambling Population: A five year record
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Gambling Studies
    Issue: 13
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  • Clients' perspectives of, and experiences with, selected Australian problem gambling services.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Gambling Issues
    Volume: 14
    Issue: september
    Page numbers: 1-31
    Publisher: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health(Toronto)
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  • System problems associated with service provision to people with intellectual disability & mental illness (dual disability)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: New Paradigm
    Volume: June 2005
    Issue: June 2005
    Page numbers: 54-58
    Publisher: New Paradigm Press(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • An exploration of the therapeutic relationship and counselling outcomes in a problem gambling counselling service
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Social Work Practice
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 99-112
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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  • Co-existing intellectual disability and mental illness; the other dual disability
    Year: 2004
    Journal: New Paradigm
    Volume: December 2004
    Page numbers: 48-54
    Publisher: New Paradigm Press(Melbourne)
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  • Gambling among young Thai people in Melbourne: an exploratory study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Gambling Studies
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 199-213
    Publisher: Australian Institute for Gambling Research
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  • Influences on gambling behaviours and outcomes: A model for the design of effective interventions
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Gambling Research
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 40-51
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  • Not the Same - A comparison of female and male clients seeking treatment from problem gambling counselling services
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Gambling Studies
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 283-299
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Development of an instrument for the analysis of problem gambling counselling practice
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Gambling Studies
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 67-87
    Publisher: Australian Institute for Gambling Research
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  • Gambling and older people in Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australasian Journal on Ageing
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 120-126
    Publisher: Council on the Ageing(Melbourne)
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  • High risk infants in the children's court process in Australia: dilemmas and directions
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 121-135
    Publisher: Routledge
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  • The psychosocial impacts on families of low-incidence, complex conditions in children: the case of craniopharyngioma
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Social Work in Health Care
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 81-107
    Publisher: The Haworth Social Work Practice Press(New York)
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  • Towards the development of a paediatric discharge planning screen tool
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Child Health Care
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 163-183
    Publisher: Sage Publications(Thousand Oaks)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The characteristics of older people's gambling and help seeking
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 12th National Association for Gambling Studies Conference
    Conference Publication: Conference Proceedings 2002
    Page numbers: 329-341
    Publisher: National Association for Gambling Studies(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Best practice in problem gambling services
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Problem Gambling
    Report No:: 3
    Publisher: Gambling Research Panel(Melbourne)
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  • Measuring problem gambling - Evaluation of the Victorian Gambling Screen
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Victorian Government
    Report No:: 4
    Publisher: Gambling Research Panel(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Books

  • Social Work Health and Mental Health Practice, Research and Programs
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Haworth Press(New York)
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Book Chapters

  • Discharge planning for complex paediatric cases
    Year: 2002
    Book: Social Work Health and Mental Health Practice: Practice, Research and Programs
    Publisher: The Haworth Social Work Practice Press(New York)
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Reports

  • High risk infants service quality initiative evaluation
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Department of Human Services (Melbourne)
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  • High risk infants service quality initiative project parenting assessment and skill development program evaluation
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Department of Human Services (Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Determinants of Anti-Psychotic Medication Compliance in a Multicultural Population
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Community Mental Health Journal
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 273 - 283
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(Portland)
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  • Is more better? The relationship between outcomes achieved by problem gamblers and the number of counselling sessions attended
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Social Work
    Volume: 54
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 83-92
    Publisher: Australian Association of Social Workers
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  • Partners of problem gamblers who present for counselling: demographic profile and presenting problems
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Family Studies
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 208-216
    Publisher: La Trobe University Press
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  • The Influence of Demographic, Behavioural and Treatment Characteristics on Problem Gambling Counselling Outcomes
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health - Interchange
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 32-36
    Publisher: LaTrobe University, School of Public Health
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Reports

  • Client and Service Analysis Report No. 6
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Prepared for the Department of Human Services by the School of Social Work, University of Melbourne
    Report No:: 6
    Publisher: Victorian Government Publishing Service(Melbourne)
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