Mehregan 2010 - Persian Festival of Autumn

We attended this festival to increase awareness for gambling related disorders in the community and the available treatments.  Dr. Iman Parhami also conducted a study to examine this population.  The primary objective of this study was to examine gambling behaviors (types and frequencies) in the Iranian-American population and learn their motivations to gamble.  The secondary objective of this study is to provide preliminary data characterizing the number of Iranian-Americans that have gambling related disorders.  These objectives will be met by distributing the following questionnaire, UCLA Gambling Activity and Motivation Survey for Iranian-Americans (LINK), adapted from previous studies, to members of the Iranian-American Community at this event and other various community events.  Results from this study will help providers create culturally geared treatment and help determine if Iranian-Americans are more experience gambling related disorders.  Finally, findings from this study may be generalized to other cultures  descended from the Middle East region rarely studied (e.g. Arabs, Armenians, etc.)

Link to brochure

Mehregan 2010 - Pictures