“Gambling addiction and gambling, the new frontiers of silent epidemics” is the theme of the meeting which will take place on Thursday 25 January, at 16.30 pm, in the Terzani auditorium of the San Giorgio Library, in Pistoia. The event is organized by the Pistoia section of the Italian Federation of Women, Arts, Professions, Business (FIDAPA), with the patronage of the Pistoiese Health Society.
“It will be an opportunity to delve deeper into a pathology that is affecting an increasingly wider audience, especially young people – explains the president of the SdS, Anna Maria Celesti –. It is a relatively 'new' pathology, with which we are only now starting to become familiar but we need to investigate its causes, learn about it and treat it. Gambling addiction is a very delicate topic, which will be addressed during the conference from different points of view thanks to the interventions of experts in the subject".
In fact, the program includes reports from university professors, researchers, psychologists, local health authority managers, managers of the Judicial Police and the Carabinieri at the Pistoia Prosecutor's Office.
“It is a fact that more and more women are attracted by easy ways to increase their income – she states Mariarita Schiavo, president of the Pistoia section of FIDAPA -. All-round interventions are needed to understand and stem this phenomenon, leading to real support actions for the victims of gambling addiction. We would like this conference to be the beginning of a journey that informs people about the dangers of pathological gambling, a problem once experienced by the rich and which has now become the plague of the poorest".
PROGRAM
16.30pm -17.00pm Greetings Mariarita Schivo, president of the Pistoia FIDAPA BPW Italy section e Anna Maria Celesti, vice mayor of Pistoia and president of the Pistoia Health Society.
Moderator Carla Ghelardini, Full Professor Neurofarba Department. University of Florence
17.00-17.15 Maria Anna Donati, researcher at the Neurofarba Department. University of Florence Gambling and Adolescents in Tuscany: a focus on the female gender
17.15-17.30 Fabrizio Fagni, director UFC Addictions Pistoia USL Center for Behavioral Addictions in the Public Service.
17.30-17.45 Simona Gori, director of psychologist USL Tuscany UFC Ser.D.Pistoia Centre. Gambling disorder framework and treatment elements. Taken charge within Ser.D.Pistoia.
17.45-18.00 Placido Panarello, head of the Judicial Police-Carabinieri Section at the Public Prosecutor's Office of Pistoia. Betting Game Gambling addiction: discipline, legislation and legal aspects.
18.00-18.15 Silvia Martini, lawyer and member of the Pistoia FIDAPA BPW Italy section. Support administration: support for the individual's economic and personal management.
18.15-18.30pm Discussion. Among the listeners will be present, with their school director Elena Pignolo, students from the Luigi Einaudi Professional Institute for Social and Health Services of Pistoia.
