Debi A. LaPlante, PhD is Director of the Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She joined the Division during 2001, and has been involved with its diverse research, education, and outreach activities. With her colleagues, she developed the Syndrome Model of Addiction and engaged in a seminal 10-year research program on Internet gambling that was the first to use actual gambling records, rather than just self-report. She has authored dozens of book chapters, journal articles, and reports. More recently, she co-edited the two volume Choice awarded APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook. Dr. LaPlante is the author of the e-book, Responsible Drinking for Women.

Dr. LaPlante currently is involved with a federally funded research program with seven tribes in the Northwest and the Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations. She and her colleagues are working with these tribes to identify the strengths and needs that these tribes have related to supporting tribal youth who are in recovery from addiction.

She also is involved with the development of the Division’s innovative assessment software, the Computerized Assessment and Referral System (CARS). CARS emerged from her and her colleagues’ federally funded research into psychiatric comorbidity and driving while impaired. This tool provides real time screening and diagnostic information for mental health disorders and geo-targeted referrals. CARS can be used by professionals and laypersons, alike.

For Massachusetts, Dr. LaPlante worked with the Department of Public Health’s Office of Problem Gambling Services to revise the Your First Step to Change self-help workbook and preparing evidence-based guidelines for treating gambling-related problems.

In addition to these research and resource activities, Dr. LaPlante is a member of the editorial team for the Division’s research summary blog, The BASIS (The Brief Addiction Science Information Source). She also is a course director for online and live continuing education courses for addiction, and for gambling-related problems, specifically. She is regular reviewer for research grants and academic journal submissions. Dr. LaPlante has numerous peer-reviewed publications and her work has been supported by state, federal, private, and foundation funding.


Current Projects

Principal Investigator: Assessing Cultures of Recovery in Tribal Communities (NARCH XII)

Principal Investigator: Exploring a Lottery-promoted Gambling Disorder Screening Day Intervention

Project Director: Project Build Up Learning Academies

Principal Investigator: Responsibility, Research, and Resources: 2024 Plan for Responsible Gambling Activities

Principal Investigator: Responsible Drinking Extension

Multidimensional Loss Chasing in Online Gambling: Considering the Importance of Optimal Cutpoints, Temporal Reference Points, and Coming in Hot for Improving Predictive Ability

Statewide Capacity Building and Technical Assistance for Problem Gambling Treatment Services


Selected Publications

In Press

Heirene, R. M., LaPlante, D. A., Louderback, E. R., Keen, B., Bakker, M., Serafimovska, A., & Gainsbury, S. M. (In press). Preregistration specificity & adherence: A review of preregistered gambling studies & cross-disciplinary comparison. Meta-Psychology.

2023

Edson, T. C., Louderback, E. R., Tom, M. A., McCullock, S. P. & LaPlante, D. A. (2023). Exploring a multidimensional concept of loss chasing using online sports betting records. International Gambling Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2023.2276741

Edson, T. C., Louderback, E. R., Tom, M. A., Philander, K. S., Slabczynski, J. M., Lee, T. G. & LaPlante, D. A. (2023). A large-scale prospective study of big wins and their relationship with future involvement and risk among actual online sports bettors. Computers In Human Behavior, 142, 107657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107657

Gray, H. M., Beu Rae, M., Anderson, C., Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., Whelshula, M. M., & Bowman, M. (2023). Recommendations for optimizing xaʔtus (First Face) for Mental Health training: Insights from key informants. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (Online)30(2), 22–54. https://doi.org/10.5820/aian.3002.2023.22

Gray, H. M. & LaPlante, D. A. (2023). Calling for worldwide adoption of Gambling Disorder Screening Day. Addiction Research & Theory, 31(6), 379-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2189246

LaPlante, D. A., Lee, T. G., Slabczynski, J. M., Shaffer, H. J., & Gray, H. M. (2023). Five barriers to defining responsible drinking. Addiction Research & Theory, 31(4), 231-238 https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2135703

LaPlante, D. A., & Nelson, S. E. (2023). Towards a systems-based responsible gambling approach to mitigating harmful gambling: Delineating industry’s role in gambling safety. The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics16(2), 45-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/jgbe.v16i1.2047

Louderback, E. R., Gainsbury, S. M., Heirene, R. M., Amichia, K., Grossman, A., Bernhard, B. J., & LaPlante, D. A. (2023). Open science practices in gambling research publications (2016–2019): A scoping review. Journal of Gambling Studies, 39, 987–1011. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-022-10120-y

Louderback, E. R., LaPlante, D. A., Abarbanel, B., Kraus, S. W., Bernhard, B. J., & Gray, H. M. (2023). Examining responsible gambling program awareness and engagement trends and relationships with gambling beliefs and behaviors: A three-wave study of customers from a major gambling operator. Journal of Gambling Studies, 39(1), 401–429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-022-10109-7

Nelson, S. E., Slabczynski, J. M., Lee, T. G., & LaPlante, D. A. (2023). All in: A scoping review of the association between gambling and athletic participation. International Gambling Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2020.1784881

2022

Edson, T. C., Tom, M. A., Louderback, E. R. Nelson, S. A., & LaPlante, D. A. (2022). Returning to the virtual casino: A contemporary study of actual online casino gambling. International Gambling Studies, 22(1), 114-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2021.1985581

Gray, H. M., Louderback, E. R., LaPlante, D. A., Abarbanel, B., Kraus, S. W., & Bernhard, B. J. (2022).Who holds a shared responsibility view of minimizing gambling harm? Results from a multiwave survey of casino gamblers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36(4), 347-357. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb000076

Louderback, E. R., Gray, H. M., LaPlante, D. A., Abarbanel, B., & Bernhard, B. J. (2022). A comparison of two GameSense implementation approaches: How program awareness and engagement relate to gambling beliefs and behaviors. Journal of Gambling Studies, 38(1), 153-183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10013-6

McAuliffe, W., Louderback, E. R., Edson, T. C., LaPlante, D. A., & Nelson, S. E. (2022). Using “Markers of Harm” to track risky gambling in two cohorts of online sports bettors. Journal of Gambling Studies (ahead of print). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10097-0

Nelson, S. E., Edson, T. C., Grossman, A., Louderback, E. R., Gray, H. M., & LaPlante, D. A. (2022). Time out: Prediction of self-exclusion from daily fantasy sports. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36(4), 318-332. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000829

Shaffer, H. J., Gray, H. M., Slabczynski, J. M., Lee, T. G., & LaPlante, D. A. (2022). Stakeholder definitions of responsible drinking: a call to define an ambiguous construct. Addiction Research & Theory. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2081839

Tom, M. A., Edson, T. C., Louderback, E. R., Nelson, S. E., Amichia, K. A., & LaPlante, D. A. (2022). Second Session at the Virtual Poker Table: A Contemporary Study of Actual Online Poker Activity. Journal of Gambling Studies (ahead of print). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-022-10147-1

Walker, D. M., LaPlante, D. A., & Nelson, S. E. (2022). Quitting while you’re ahead: Evidence for individual gambling thresholds from a survey of Massachusetts gamblers. Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, 15(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.5750/jgbe.v15i1.1971 

2021

Abarbanel, B., Kraus, S., Huang, Q., Gray, H. M., Louderback, E. R., LaPlante, D. A., & Bernhard, B. J. (2021). Association between employee department and responsible gambling program perceptions: Extension and follow-up study. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 4(5), 582-600. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHTI-07-2020-0116

Abarbanel, B., Xu, T., Kraus, S., Gray, H., Louderback, E., LaPlante, D., & Bernhard, B. (2021). Association between casino resort employee department and responsible gambling program perceptions: A three-year follow-up study. International Gambling Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2021.2007976

Edson, T. C., Tom, M. A., & LaPlante, D. A. (2021). Examining player engagement with and attitudes toward a gambling play management system. Journal of Gambling Studies, 37(4), 1313-1334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10002-9

Edson, T. C., Tom, M. A., Philander, K. S., Louderback, E. R., & LaPlante, D. A. (2021). A large-scale prospective study of big wins and their relationship with future financial and time involvement in actual Daily Fantasy Sports contests. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35(8), 948-960. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000715

Gray, H. M., Edson, T. C., Nelson, S. E., Grossman, A. B., & LaPlante, D. A. (2021). Association between gambling and self-harm: A scoping review. Addiction Research & Theory, 29(3), 183-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2020.1784881

Gray, H. M., Juviler, J., & LaPlante, D. A. (2021). Gambling industry employees’ experiences with an onsite responsible gambling program. Journal of Gambling Studies, 37(2), 369-386. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-020-09969-8

Gray, H. M., Louderback, E. R., LaPlante, D. A., Abarbanel, B., & Bernhard, B. J. (2021). Gamblers’ beliefs about responsibility for minimizing gambling harm: Associations with problem gambling screening and gambling involvement. Addictive Behaviors, 114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106660

LaPlante, D. A., Louderback, E. R., & Abarbanel, B. (2021). Gambling researchers’ use and views of open science principles and practices: a brief report. International Gambling Studies, 21(3), 381-394. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2021.1891272

LaPlante, D. A., Whelshula, M., Gray, H. M., & Nelson, S. E. (2021). Understanding American Indian youth in residential recovery from substance use disorder: Risk and protective experiences and perceived recovery support. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 28(1), 39–70. https://doi.org/10.5820/aian.2801.2021.39

Louderback, E. R., LaPlante, D. A., Currie, S. R., & Nelson, S. E. (2021). Developing and validating lower risk online gambling thresholds with actual bettor data from a major internet gambling operator. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35(8), 921-938. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000628

Louderback, E. R., Wohl, M. J. A., & LaPlante, D. A. (2021). Integrating open science practices into recommendations for accepting gambling industry research funding. Addiction Research & Theory, 29(1), 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2020.1767774

McAuliffe, W. H. B., Edson, T. C., Louderback, E. R., LaRaja, A., & LaPlante, D. A. (2021). Responsible product design to mitigate excessive gambling: A scoping review and z-curve analysis of replicability. PloS one, 16(4), e0249926. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249926

Nelson, S. E., Edson, T. C., Louderback, E. R., Tom, M. A., Grossman, A., & LaPlante, D. A. (2021). Changes to the playing field: A contemporary study of actual European online sports betting. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 10(3), 396-411. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2021.00029

Whelshula, M. M., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & Gray, H. M. (2021). Recommendations for improving adolescent addiction recovery support in six northwest tribal communities. Journal of Community Psychology, 49(7), 2922-2937. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22665

2020

Edson, T. C., Gray, H. M., Nelson, S. E., & LaPlante, D. A. (2020). Prevalence and correlates of self-harm among a sample of repeat DUI offenders. Addiction Research & Theory, 28(3), 231-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2019.1622685

Edson, T. C. & LaPlante, D. A. (2020). Longitudinal playing trends among daily fantasy sports players. Computers in Human Behavior, 104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106165

Gray, H. M., Keating, L., Shaffer, H. J., & LaPlante, D. A. (2020). Observations of the first GameSense-branded responsible gambling centre in a US casino. Health Education Journal, 79(1), 104-120. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896919863121

Shaffer, H. J., Gray, H. M., Nelson, S. E., & LaPlante, D. A. (2020). Technology, the Internet, and gambling: How the medium can facilitate addiction, adaptation, and intervention. In M. N. Potenza, K. Faust, & D. Faust (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technologies and Mental Health: Second edition (Second ed., Vol. 1, pp. 135-142). Waltham, MA: Academic Press.

Tom, M. A., Williams, P. M., Edson, T. C., & LaPlante, D. A. (2020). Understanding the relation between social behaviors and daily fantasy sports risk behavior. Journal of Gambling Studies, 36(3), 921-935. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-019-09911-7

Wiley, R. C., Tom, M. A., Edson, T. C., & LaPlante, D. A. (2020). Behavioral markers of risky daily fantasy sports play. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 44(4), 356-371. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723520919819

2019

Abarbanel, B., Gray, H. M., LaPlante, D. A., & Bernhard, B. J. (2019). Association between employee department and responsible gambling program perceptions. International Gambling Studies, 19(3), 471-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2019.1615528

Gray, H. M., LaPlante, D. A., Abarbanel, B., & Bernhard, B. J. (2019). Gamblers’ perceptions of stakeholder responsibility for minimizing gambling harm. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-0056-4

LaPlante, D. A. (2019). Replication is fundamental, but is it common? A call for scientific self-reflection and contemporary research practices in gambling-related research. International Gambling Studies, 19(3), 362-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2019.1672768

LaPlante, D. A., Gray, H. M., & Nelson, S. E. (2019). Should we do away with responsible gambling? Perspectives from research scientists. In H. J. Shaffer, A. Blaszczynski, R. Ladouceur, P. Collins, & D. Fong (Eds.), Responsible gambling: Primary stakeholder perspectives (pp. 35–57). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190074562.003.0002

Nelson, S. E., Edson, T. C., Singh, P., Tom, M., Martin, R. J., LaPlante, D. A., Gray, H. M., & Shaffer, H. J. (2019). Patterns of daily fantasy sport play: Tackling the issues. Journal of Gambling Studies, 35(1), 181-204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-018-09817-w

2018

LaPlante, D. A., Gray, H. M., Williams, P. M., & Nelson, S. E. (2018). An empirical review of gambling expansion and gambling-related harm. SUCHT, 64, 295-306. https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000563

Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., Gray, H. M., Tom, M. A., Kleschinsky, J. H., & Shaffer, H. J. (2018). Already at the table: Patterns of play and gambling involvement prior to gambling expansion. Journal of Gambling Studies, 34(1), 275–295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-017-9711-5

2015

Gray, H. M., Jónsson, G. K., LaPlante, D. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2015). Expanding the study of internet gambling behavior: trends within the Icelandic lottery and sportsbetting platform. Journal of Gambling Studies, 31(2), 483–499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-013-9427-0

Gray, H. M., Tom, M. A., LaPlante, D. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2015). Using opinions and knowledge to identify natural groups of gambling employees. Journal of Gambling Studies, 31(4), 1753–1766. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-014-9490-1

Nelson, S. E., Belkin, K., LaPlante, D. A., Bosworth, L., & Shaffer, H. J. (2015). A prospective study of psychiatric comorbidity and recidivism among repeat DUI offenders. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 3(1), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1037/arc0000009

2014

Afifi, T. O., LaPlante, D. A., Taillieu, D. D., & Shaffer, H. J. (2014). Gambling involvement: Considering frequency of play and the moderating effects of gender and age. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 12, 238-294. doi:10.1007/s11469-013-9452-3

LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & Gray, H. M. (2014). Breadth and depth involvement: Understanding Internet gambling involvement and its relationship to gambling problems. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(2), 396-403. doi:10.1037/a0033810

Tom, M. A., LaPlante, D. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2014). Does Pereto rule Internet gambling? Problems among the “Vital Few” & “Trivial Many”. Journal of Gambling Business & Economics, 8(1), 73-100.

2013

Braverman, J., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & Shaffer, H. J. (2013). Using cross-game behavioral markers for early identification of high-risk internet gamblers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27(3), 868-877. doi:10.1037/a0032818

LaPlante, D. A., Afifi, T. O., & Shaffer, H. J. (2013). Games and gambling involvement among casino patrons. Journal of Gambling Studies, 29(2), 191-203. doi:10.1007/s10899-012-9307-z

Shaffer, H. J., & LaPlante, D. A. (2013). Considering a critique of pathological gambling prevalence research. Addiction Research and Theory, 21(1), 12-14. doi:10.3109/16066359.2012.715223

2012

The APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook Vol. 1, Foundations, Influences, and Expressions of Addiction. (2012). Washington DC: American Psychological Association Press.

The APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook Vol. 2 Recovery, Prevention, and Other Issues. (2012). Washington DC: American Psychological Association Press.

Gray, H. M., LaPlante, D. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2012). Behavioral characteristics of Internet gamblers who trigger corporate responsible gambling interventions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(3), 527-535. doi:10.1037/a0028545

LaBrie, R. A., Peller, A. J., LaPlante, D. A., Bernhard, B., Harper, A., Schrier, T., & Shaffer, H. J. (2012). A brief self-help toolkit intervention for gambling problems: A randomized multisite trial. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 82(2), 278-289. doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01157.x

LaPlante, D. A. (2012). Technology and its relationship to the addiction syndrome. In H. J. Shaffer, LaPlante, D.A., & Nelson, S.E. (Eds.), The APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook (Vol. 2, Recovery, Prevention, and Other Issues, pp. 273-296). Washington DC: American Psychological Association Press.

LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S.E., LaBrie, R.A., & Shaffer, H.J. (2012). The bwin.party Division on Addiction research collaborative: Challenges for the ‘normal science’ of Internet gambling. In R. J. Williams, Wood, R.T., & Parke, J. (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Internet Gambling (pp. 161-179). New York: Routledge.

LaPlante, D. A., Gray, H. M., LaBrie, R. A., Kleschinsky, J. H., & Shaffer, H. J. (2012).Gaming industry employees’ responses to responsible gambling training: A public health imperative. Journal of Gambling Studies, 28(2), 171-191. doi:10.1007/s10899-011-9255-z

2011

Gray, H. M., LaPlante, D. A., Bannon, B. L., Ambady, N., & Shaffer, H. J. (2011). Development and validation of the Alcohol Identity Implicit Associations Test (AI-IAT). Addictive Behaviors, 36(9), 919-926. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.05.003

LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2011). Disordered gambling, type of gambling and gambling involvement in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007. European Journal of Public Health, 21(4), 532-537. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp177

2010

LaPlante D. A., Gray, H. M., Bosworth, L., & Shaffer, H. J. (2010). Thirty years of lottery public health research: methodological strategies and trends. Journal of Gambling Studies, 26(2), 301-329. doi:10.1007/s10899-010-9185-1

Martin, R. J., Usdan, S., Nelson, S., Umstattd, M. R., LaPlante, D., Perko, M., & Shaffer, H. (2010). Using the theory of planned behavior to predict gambling behavior. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(1), 89-97. doi:10.1037/a0018452

Shaffer, H. J., Peller, A. J., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & LaBrie, R. A. (2010). Toward a paradigm shift in Internet gambling research: From opinion and self-report to actual behavior. Addiction Research & Theory, 18(3), 270-283.

2009

LaPlante, D. A., Kleschinkey, J. H., LaBrie, R. A., Nelson, S. E., & Shaffer, H. J. (2009). Sitting at the virtual poker table: A prospective epidemiological study of actual Internet poker gambling behavior. Computers in Human Behavior, 25(3), 711-717.

Broda, A., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., Bosworth, L. B., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Virtual harm reduction efforts for Internet gambling: Effects of deposit limits on actual Internet sports gambling behavior. Harm Reduction Journal, 5, 27. doi:10.1186/1477-7517-5-27 

2008

LaBrie, R. A., Kaplan, S. A., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Inside the virtual casino: A prospective longitudinal study of actual Internet casino gambling. European Journal of Public Health, 18(4), 410-416. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn021

LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Stability and progression of disordered gambling: Lessons from longitudinal studies. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 53(1), 52-60.

LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., Odegaard, S. S., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Substance and psychiatric disorders among men and women repeat driving under the influence offenders who accept a treatment-sentencing option. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(2), 209-217.

LaPlante, D. A., Schumann, A., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Population trends in Internet sports gambling. Computers in Human Behavior, 24(5), 2399-2414.

Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., Peller, A. J., Schumann, A., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Real limits in the virtual world: Self-limiting behavior of Internet gamblers. Journal of Gambling Studies, 24(4), 463-477. doi:10.1007/s10899-008-9106-8 

Peller, A. J., LaPlante, D. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Parameters for safer gambling behavior: Examining the empirical research. Journal of Gambling Studies, 24(4), 519-534. doi:10.1007/s10899-008-9097-5

2007

LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., Schumann, A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2007). Assessing the playing field: A prospective longitudinal study of Internet sports gambling behavior. Journal of Gambling Studies, 23(3), 347-362. doi:10.1007/s10899-007-9067-3

LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Peller, A. J., Christensen, D. E., Greenwood, K. L., Straus, J. H.,…Shaffer, H. J. (2007). The interdependence of behavioural and somatic health: Implications for conceptualizing health and measuring treatment outcomes. International Journal of Integrated Care, 7, e10. 

LaBrie, R. A., Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., Peller, A. J., Caro, G., & Shaffer, H. J. (2007). Missouri Casino self-excluders: Distributions across time and space. Journal of Gambling Studies, 23(2), 231-243. doi:10.1007/s10899-006-9037-1 

LaPlante, D. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2007). Understanding the influence of gambling opportunities: Expanding exposure models to include adaptation. American Journal Orthopsychiatry, 77(4), 616-623. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.616 

Nelson, T. F., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Stanton, M., Shaffer, H. J., & Wechsler, H. (2007). Sports betting and other gambling in athletes, fans, and other college students. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 78(4), 271-283. doi:10.1080/02701367.2007.10599425 

Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., Peller, A. J., LaBrie, R. A., Caro, G., & Shaffer, H. J. (2007). Implementation of a computerized psychiatric assessment tool at a DUI treatment facility: A case example. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 34(5), 489-493. doi:10.1007/s10488-007-0125-z 

Shaffer, H. J., & LaPlante, D. A. (2007). The treatment of gambling related disorders. In G. A. Marlatt, & Donovan, D. M. (Eds.), Relapse prevention (Second ed., pp. 276-332). New York: Guildord. 

Shaffer, H. J., Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., LaBrie, R. A., Albanese, M., & Caro, G. (2007). The epidemiology of psychiatric disorders among repeat DUI offenders accepting a treatment sentencing option. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(5), 795-804. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.75.5.795 

2006

LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2006). Men & women playing games: Gender and the gambling preferences of Iowa gambling treatment program participants. Journal of Gambling Studies, 22(1), 65-80. doi:10.1007/s10899-005-9003-3 

Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2006). The proxy effect: Gender and gambling problem trajectories of Iowa gambling treatment program participants. Journal of Gambling Studies, 22(2), 221-240. doi:10.1007/s10899-006-9012-x 

2005

Shaffer, H. J., Donato, A. N., LaBrie, R. A., Kidman, R. C., & LaPlante, D. A. (2005).The epidemiology of college alcohol and gambling policies. Harm Reduction Journal, 2(1), 1. doi:10.1186/1477-7517-2-1 

Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Kidman, R. C., & Donato, A. N. (2005). The Iowa Gambling Treatment Program: Treatment outcomes for a follow-up sample. Journal of Gambling Studies, 21(1), 59-73. doi:10.1007/s10899-004-1924-8 

2004

Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., & LaPlante, D. (2004). Laying the foundation for quantifying regional exposure to social phenomena: Considering the case of legalized gambling as a public health toxin. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18(1), 40-48. doi:10.1037/0893-164X.18.1.40

Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & Stanton, M. V. (2004). The road less travelled: Moving from distribution to determinants in the study of gambling epidemiology. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 49(8), 504-516.

Shaffer, H. J., LaPlante, D. A., LaBrie, R. A., Kidman, R. C., Donato, A. N., & Stanton, M. V. (2004). Toward a syndrome model of addiction: Multiple expressions, common etiology. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 12(6), 367-374. doi:10.1080/10673220490905705

2003

LaBrie, R. A., Shaffer, H. J., LaPlante, D. A., & Wechsler, H. (2003). Correlates of college student gambling in the United States. Journal of American College Health, 52(2), 53-62. doi:10.1080/07448480309595725

Reports

Division on Addiction. (2016). Summary analysis of the Plainridge Park Casino GameSense program activities & visitor survey: December 1, 2015 – May 31, 2016. Boston, MA: Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital.

Division on Addiction. (2013). A benchmark study for monitoring exposure to new gambling opportunities: Final report. Boston, MA: Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital.

LaPlante, D. A., Kleschinsky, J. H., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2009). Play Responsibly Independent Measurement & Evaluation (PRIME): Venetian & Palazzo, Las Vegas. Boston, MA: Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital.

Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Kidman, R. C., & Nelson, S. E. (2004). The Iowa Department of Public Health Gambling Treatment Services: Follow-up study(Technical Report #20304-200). Boston: Harvard Medical School.

Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., & Nelson, S. B. (2004). Disordered gambling in Missouri: Regional differences in the need for treatment. Phase I Report prepared for: The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation in partial fulfillment of the research grant “Evaluation Services with Regard to the Regional Impact of Compulsive Gambling” supported by the Port Authority Problem Gambling Fund.

Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., & Kidman, R. C. (2002). The Iowa Department of Public Health Gambling Treatment Services: Four years of evidence (Technical Report #101102-200). Boston: Harvard Medical School.