Emerging issues and harm prevention

Question 1

Supernormal stimuli

Answer 1

more extreme then found in natural environment
electronic gambling acts as this as they are faster more immersive lead to far higher losses

Question 2

Behavioural addiction

Answer 2

Behaviour which is repetitive which people cannot stop despite harms that outweigh any benefits

Question 3

Qual evidence for gaming as behavioural addiction

Answer 3

difference between treatment seekers and e sports players.
e sports players are able to balance

Question 4

Gambling and gaming harms compared

Answer 4

Gambling harms - financial , psychological relationship , heath and work
gambling stronger association with more severe financial and work harms
gaming stronger association with less serve harms such as neglecting exercise

Question 5

Loot boxes

Answer 5

potential to spend large amounts of money with no legal minimum age
correlation between loot box expenditure with gambling harms

Question 6

Hypersexuality and online pornography

Answer 6

clear potential for health and relationship harms
online pornography is accessible and immersive
low rates help-seeking make it hard to research

Question 7

Food/eating

Answer 7

mix between substance and behavioural
food- ultra-processed food act as supernormal stimuli
Eating - urges for food despite harm
recent co-occurrence of cheap calorific food and obesity suggest substance addiction model better

Question 8

Cryptocurrency

Answer 8

provide gambling like lures of big potential wins
platforms are immersive but people loose money 9/10 times

Question 9

Can addictions be positive

Answer 9

long distance running - dopamine in short term and wider benefits
poker players out for life

Question 10

Public health model

Answer 10

models gambling policy after tobacco control
product and systems design
commercial practices and partnerships
shaping political and regulatory agendas
shaping public perceptions