June 18 - International Digital Addiction Awareness Day

 International Digital Addiction Awareness Day

June 18th

"Discover the intricate links between mental wellness, the online gambling crisis, content responsibility, and social connection, shaped by governmental policies, laws, and corporate interests" #DigitalAddictionAwareness 

Mental Wellness 

Online Gambling Crisis

Content Responsibility 

Social Connection Reinforcement

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American Psychological Association

Gambling is recognized as an addiction on the same level as heroin, cocaine, and opioids in the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM V, used by health care providers and insurers as the principal source for mental health diagnoses...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

More than 1 in 5 US adults live with a mental illness.About 1 in 25 U.S. adults lives with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression.

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization announced “gaming disorder” as a new mental health condition included in the 11th edition of its International Classification of Diseases. “Even when the negative consequences occur, this behavior continues or escalates..

United States Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Surgeon General has put social isolation and loneliness on the same level as public health crises like tobacco addiction, AIDS, drunk driving, obesity, and gun violence..

AllPsych

There are over 300 different psychiatric disorders listed in the DSM-IV.  With continued research, more are named every year and some disorders are removed or re-categorized....

The Lancet

The Lancet, one of the most respected medical journals in the world, publicly declared gambling to be “an urgent, neglected, understudied and worsening public health predicament.”..

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Illuminate the intricate links between mental wellness, the online gambling crisis, content responsibility, and social connection, shaped by governmental policies, laws, and corporate interests  #DigitalAddictionAwareness

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