[Irish Times] , Slattery, Laura Generation gamble: the invisible addiction crisis gripping Ireland’s teenagers. (03 May 2025)
External website: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2025/04/26/w...
State’s new gambling regulator has started work, but experts still fear that gambling is becoming ingrained at younger ages.
It’s the “bookie in your pocket” or the “casino in your hand” – the opportunity to gamble that follows us everywhere our mobile devices do from bed to desk to toilet, never closing its doors. The unfettered growth in popularity of online gambling over the past decade has brought with it a deepening concern that problem gambling has become a largely invisible health crisis, marked by secrecy and stigma...
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Process disorder prevention or harm reduction
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Process disorder treatment or recovery
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Process disorder risks / initiation
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Process disorder prevalence
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Process disorder harms
T Demographic characteristics > Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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