Gambling During the COVID-19 Crisis – A Cause for Concern

The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to worsen mental health problems in the general population, including increasing engagement in addictive behaviors. Here, we describe observations suggesting that the current crisis and its sequelae may worsen problem gambling. The current pandemic may impact...

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Autores principales: Håkansson, Anders, Fernández-Aranda, Fernando, Menchón, Jose M., Potenza, Marc N., Jiménez-Murcia, Susana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7273946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32433365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000690
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author Håkansson, Anders
Fernández-Aranda, Fernando
Menchón, Jose M.
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to worsen mental health problems in the general population, including increasing engagement in addictive behaviors. Here, we describe observations suggesting that the current crisis and its sequelae may worsen problem gambling. The current pandemic may impact financial and psychological well-being due to social isolation during spatial distancing, and these stressors in conjunction with substantial changes in gambling markets (land-based, online) during the pandemic may significantly influence gambling behaviors. This situation calls for rapid research initiatives in this area and preventive and regulatory measures by multiple stakeholders.
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spelling pubmed-72739462020-06-05 Gambling During the COVID-19 Crisis – A Cause for Concern Håkansson, Anders Fernández-Aranda, Fernando Menchón, Jose M. Potenza, Marc N. Jiménez-Murcia, Susana J Addict Med Commentaries The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to worsen mental health problems in the general population, including increasing engagement in addictive behaviors. Here, we describe observations suggesting that the current crisis and its sequelae may worsen problem gambling. The current pandemic may impact financial and psychological well-being due to social isolation during spatial distancing, and these stressors in conjunction with substantial changes in gambling markets (land-based, online) during the pandemic may significantly influence gambling behaviors. This situation calls for rapid research initiatives in this area and preventive and regulatory measures by multiple stakeholders. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020 2020-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7273946/ /pubmed/32433365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000690 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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