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Reports

Mental health promotion in Windsor-Essex County

Author(s): Windsor-Essex County Health Unit ; Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex County Branch
Publisher: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
Year Published: 2019

This report focuses on mental health promotion in Windsor Essex County. It provides a framework for promoting and supporting mental health in the community....

Instructional Resources

Helping someone with gambling problems: Mental health first aid guidelines

Author(s): Mental Health First Aid
Publisher: Mental Health First Aid
Year Published: 2016

In these guidelines we use the term gambling problems to refer to difficulties over time in limiting money or time spent on gambling, which leads to adverse...

Instructional Resources

Responding to older adults with substance use, mental health and gambling challenges: A guide for workers and volunteers

Author(s): Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Publisher: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Year Published: 2006

This concise booklet is designed to help professionals recognize and understand gambling, mental health and substance-use problems among the population of older...

Instructional Resources

Money and mental health problems: Breaking the link: A best practice checklist for gambling firms

Author(s): Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
Publisher: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
Year Published: 2017

People with mental health problems are three times as likely to be in financial difficulty – and gambling can be a major reason why. Mental health problems can...

Reports

A safer bet? Online gambling and mental health

Author(s): Holkar, Merlyn ; Lees, Chris
Publisher: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
Year Published: 2020

This report explores the harm that people with mental health problems can experience when gambling online. It highlights that having a mental health problem can...

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Association between Internet Gaming Disorder and mental health

Author(s): González-Bueso, Vega ; Santamaría, Juan José ; Fernández, Daniel ; Merino, Laura ; Montero, Elena ; Ribas, Joan
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year Published: 2018

This article reviewed 24 studies that examined the association between Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and mental health. IGD was linked to many mental health...

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Mental health clinicians’ responses to problem gambling

Author(s): Manning, Victoria ; Dowling, Nicki A. ; Rodda, Simone N. ; Cheetham, Ali ; Lubman, Dan I.
Journal: Journal of Clinical Medicine
Year Published: 2020

Problem gambling commonly co-occurs with mental health difficulties. Mental health clinicians may play an important role in the screening and treatment of...

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Online gambling and mental health: harms, drivers, and solutions

Author(s): Holkar, Merlyn ; Lees, Chris
Year Published: 2020

This report examines online gambling harms experienced by people with mental health problems. The report highlights the large proportion of people with mental...

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The mental health costs of gambling in England and Scotland

Author(s): Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa ; Farrell, Lisa
Journal: Economic Modelling
Year Published: 2018

The findings of the present study suggest that gambling has significant emotional and mental health costs in England and Scotland. The present study found that...

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Know the odds: The links between mental health problems and gambling

Author(s): Murray, Nic
Publisher: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
Year Published: 2017

Problem gambling is associated with a wide range of psychological symptoms of mental health conditions such as increased anxiety, low mood and poor coping...

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