Like tobacco and alcohol, gambling, a global threat to public health?
The Lancet commission calls for gambling to be treated and taken seriously in the same way as alcohol and tobacco. ...
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Gambling Addiction: Listening to Nature Sounds May Help End It
By hearing the sound of insects, compulsive gamblers would feel less stressed and would be less likely to relapse. THE ...
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Gambling addiction: soon a tool to prevent it
© ThinkstockAs with any addictive product, the sites of online gamesmust broadcast prevention messages to players. However, these same platforms ...
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Inventory of risky behaviors among adolescents
A survey carried out over twenty years draws up an inventory of the behavior of adolescents in the face of ...
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Can gambling addiction be cured by online games?
Healing through play can help to better control oneself.While approximately 1% of "traditional" gamblers are excessive gamblers, this figure rises ...
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Pubs for sports betting during the Euro: “effective regulations are needed to fight against addictions”
Faced with the increase in sports betting, Addictions France is calling for an "Evin law for gambling" to regulate their ...
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The health crisis is causing gambling to explode: how to spot and treat an addiction?
Since the start of the health crisis, the number of people gambling has increased by 29%, generating more and more ...
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200 million euros won at the Euromillions: why money still brings happiness
A Frenchman has just won 200 million euros in a game of chance. Such a gain can cause, according to ...
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Gambling: the number of “excessive” gamblers has doubled in 5 years
In 2019, 1.6% of gamblers engaged in excessive practice, compared to 0.8% in 2014. This is what Public Health France ...
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Gambling addiction: predispositions shared between biological brothers and sisters
Recent research on biological siblings with “gambling addiction” shows that these gamblers have genetic predispositions.A recent study published Thursday in ...
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Drugs, tobacco, sex, games, alcohol, shisha, porn: what are the symptoms of an addiction?
The notion of addictive behavior includes both addictions to psychoactive substances, but also behavioral addictions. How to differentiate passion from ...
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Addictions without substance: myth or clinical reality?
At the Albatros addictology congress, the status of behavioral addictions vis-à-vis drug-related disorders was discussed again.Addicted to porn, addicted to ...
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Euro 2016: Players Info Service gets a makeover to prevent risks
On the eve of the launch of Euro 2016, the Players Info Service prevention site is being renovated. Objective: to ...
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Gambling can become a hard drug
The least known of the addictions is that which affects the pleasure of the game; it is estimated that it ...
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Gambling: player identification could become mandatory
A parliamentary report recommends making the identification of players compulsory for the purchase of tickets and tickets, in order to ...
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Poker, betting: players more traumatized in their childhood than others
Players who have developed an addiction to gambling have experienced more trauma, however with differences between men and women.Do games ...
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Gambling: 450,000 children play it every week
About 16% of 11-15 year olds play gambling games every week, according to a British study which points to the ...
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Facebook exposes Internet users to gambling
On Facebook, Internet users are exposed to games that mimic the mechanisms of JAH, according to a Canadian study.On Facebook, ...
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Teenagers who like scratching games are more exposed to addictions
Adolescents who play games of chance and money are more at risk of consuming psychoactive substances, according to an Italian ...
Read moreGambling addiction: soon a tool to prevent it
© ThinkstockAs with any addictive product, the websites of online gamesmust disseminate prevention messages to the attention of players. However, ...
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The dangers of gambling addiction
The group of experts recommends trying to better diagnose pathologies linked to gambling, and to organize better prevention and proper ...
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