Tagged With "COVID"
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Covid-19 impact on clinicians study
We are still conducting this survey. If you have not completed it and work with people with gambling problems please complete the following survey. Dr. Nigel Turner at CAMH is conducting a short survey aimed towards clinicians who help people with gambling problems. The purpose of the research is to better understand: how your clients have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how you have adapted your services in response to the pandemic. In addition, you will be asked questions about...
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Re: COVID-19's Impact on Youth Gambling and Gaming - YMCA Webinar
Thanks for sharing @Registered Member! Certainly a topic of great interest to our CoI members!
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Re: COVID-19's Impact on Youth Gambling and Gaming - YMCA Webinar
Looking forward to catching up on the recording of this one, @Registered Member!
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Cybersickness: Emerging thoughts and research
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in screentime for many of us, including how we work, shop, socialise etc. With this rise in screentime, some of us are beginning to experience negative physical effects such as nausea, headaches and eye strain. Cybersickness is receiving increasing attention from researchers and the media as tech continues to develop. This article from The Converation describes Cybersickness as the following: " Cybersickness refers to a cluster of symptoms that...
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From Sick to Click! Is William Osler Health System enhancing patient care and experience in their Emergency Departments, via new innovative technology?
Emergency Departments have been the hardest hit during the last couple of years with COVID-19 cases being in flux and on the rise. This has raised concerns for non-related visits thus throwing patients into further panic(demic) since accessing care has everyone scrambling. What did the Hospital do to support more efficient patient flow, ensuring they can continue to care for its community? They launched the following digital platforms: An online Emergency Department (ED) pre-registration...
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Webinar Today - Registration is free! ConnexOntario (Discover Mental Health, Addiction and Problem Gambling Services): A brief history and overview.
So much has transpired in mental health and addictions over the last two years during the COVID-19 pandemic and there is much to learn from our colleagues at ConnexOntario. Anne Counter, Director of System Navigation and Information Services will be taking us through the history of ConnexOntario, providing us a refresher of their services, as well as sharing current data in regards to trends specific to gambling and technology use. We will also learn about the impact of COVID-19 on the...
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Re: Webinar Today - Registration is free! ConnexOntario (Discover Mental Health, Addiction and Problem Gambling Services): A brief history and overview.
Looking forward to listening to recording. Thank you!
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Perceptions of Gambling Addiction on Twitter
A recent article published in the Journal of Addictive Diseases took an interesting approach to studying how people perceived gambling addiction during the Covid-19 pandemic. They analyzed Tweets in English from Twitter users in the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. They searched for Tweets that used gambling, addiction and other variations of these terms. After removing unrelated Tweets they were left with 144 Tweets. From these Tweets they inferred some of the following themes: Betting...