The UK’s worst addictions – With many people across the globe having recently made New Year’s resolutions, and many now struggling to keep them, a new study looks at the most addicted countries. The UK placed sixth in the study, with an index score of 60.32, and ranked highly for tea-addiction, drug-addiction and sugar-addiction. Experts […]
Globally, governments are still not doing enough to address the health and wellbeing harms from gambling, according to a world first review led by the University of Glasgow. ‘Public health approaches to gambling: A global review of legislative trends’ found that although gambling harms are increasingly recognised in legislation around the world, there appears to […]
Majority support ‘nanny state’ policies to improve Britain’s health outcomes: Majority support public health interventions like bans on advertising, regulating food prices, and affordability limits on gambling, a think tank research shows. The Social Market Foundation has said that policymakers looking to improve the nation’s health should not be too worried about voter opposition, since […]
Gambling has been included in the new Addictions Policy Research Unit, following recommendations made by experts at the University of Glasgow. NIHR has awarded over £100 million to 20 new Policy Research Units (PRUs) across England, to tackle important emerging health and social care issues including reproductive health, addiction and dementia. The PRUs, funded by […]
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1 in 5 young accountants say alcohol has negatively impacted their life: A new study by occupational charity caba has shone a light on addiction and addictive patterns within the accountancy profession, with almost 1 in 5 (19%) accountants aged 30 or under admitting that their drinking habits have negatively impacted their work or personal […]
Coventry University Researcher examines the impact of gambling harms and crime in ethnic minority communities: Gambling should be viewed the same as other addictions such as drugs and alcohol as it “devastates lives and families”, according to a Coventry University researcher. And people whose lives are affected by the harms of gambling and come to […]
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World cup footie a ‘perfect storm’ for gambling addicts: Huge rise in ‘day trading’ combined with the cost of living crisis and World Cup is a ‘perfect storm’ for gambling addicts, says Priory gambling expert “In the last few months I have talked to a person who gambled away their redundancy money, and another who […]
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Cryptocurrency trading could be linked to problem gambling, anxiety and depression in young men, University of Queensland research has found. Research student Ben Johnson from UQ’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR) reviewed existing studies on cryptocurrency trading and its association with gambling and mental health. “We found there were strong similarities in […]
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Signs and symptoms of gambling addiction: The belief that a gambling addict can win back previous losses becomes all consuming, and the increasingly frantic attempts to do so draw the gambler deeper into the downward spiral. Signs of gambling addiction include: Being constantly fixated on where your next gambling fix is coming from Feeling powerless […]
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Top NHS clinicians demand new ‘addiction levy’ on gambling industry: The most senior NHS clinicians treating gambling addiction today call for the gambling industry to face a new multimillion-pound statutory levy to fund the prevention and treatment of gambling-related harm. The call comes from Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, the director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic, […]
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