behavioural and process addiction

Gambling, mental illness, and substance use impact individuals in unique ways. In this webinar, we will explore real stories of people who have experienced these challenges firsthand. Each person began their journey for different reasons, faced different symptoms, and followed their own path to seek help. What they all share, however, is the powerful reality that recovery is possible. These individuals are living proof, demonstrating the strength and resilience that have carried them through their journey to healing.

The Addiction and the Family International Network (AFINet) promotes, through research, practice, and policy, the well-being of family members, friends, and colleagues who are affected by and/or concerned about another person's problems or addiction to alcohol, drugs, or gambling.

The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model: New Directions in Trauma and Addiction Treatment

This webinar introduces key concepts from the book Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (Routledge, 2021). This session challenges the traditional top-down approaches to trauma and addiction, advocating for a transformative, body-centered appraoch.

The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model: A Radical Approach for Treating Trauma and Addiction

This full day workshop will explore the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (FSPM), a radical approach to treating trauma and addiction that challenges the current models of treatment by deconstructing the conventional top-down, capitalistic, and white supremacy-based paradigms. Developed over forty years of clinical practice, the FSPM is rooted in five interconnected theoretical frameworks that celebrates the wisdom of the body.

From playing claw machines to opening

Many video games let players spend money to buy randomized in-game items without knowing what they will receive. Often called loot boxes or gacha - these gambling-like products rarely contain the valuable item players hope to get, encouraging more spending.  This is like typical gambling, but not generally covered by gambling law. Many countries have adopted some rules because of concerns about potential harm.

From e-sports betting to playing single-play claw machines and opening card packs or mystery boxes, youth have access to gambling before they are of legal age to gamble. These forms of gambling have become increasingly popular and accessible in recent years, especially among young people, but they also raise various ethical, legal, and regulatory issues.

The purpose of this panel discussion is to increase awareness about the risks associated with unconventional forms of gambling and provide education and referral services to support informed decision-making.

Les machines à griffes sont populaires auprès des jeunes. Ces jeux demandent aux joueurs d'insérer de l'argent ou des jetons afin d'utiliser un dispositif ressemblant à un bras pour attraper un animal en peluche, un jouet ou un autre prix. On les trouve dans de nombreux endroits, tels que les cinémas, les centres commerciaux et les salles d'arcade.  

What is a claw machine?

Claw machines, also known as crane games, are popular among youth. These games require players to insert money or tokens to use an arm-like device to grab a stuffed animal, toy, or another prize. They are found in many places, such as cinemas, malls, and arcades.  

Game-Bling- When Gaming meets Gambling: 1-hour interactive webinar. Explores the blurred lines between gaming & gambling and the impact of technology on the gambling market. Includes discussions on gambling awareness, how gambling is present in video and social media games, and harm reduction strategies. perfect for those who work with youth or young people and are looking to better understand gaming and gambling.

You’re invited for EHN Canada’s next educational webinar: Sex and Love Addiction with Mike Quarress MA, CCAC, RCC, CSAT, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, Edgewood Treatment Centre

Do the words we use matter? Where does stigma come from? How do we break the cycle?

If you’ve ever wondered the answer to any of these questions, then look no further because the YMCA’s Youth Gambling Awareness Program (YGAP) has you covered!

This webinar is part 1 of 3 in CAMH's Gambling, Gaming and Technology Use (GGTU) 2022 series of standalone yet interconnected webinars titled, ‘The impacts of digital technologies on mental health and addictions’. This webinar will share evidence-informed knowledge and lived experience reflections on the current state of dating apps and their impacts on mental health. Platforms like Tinder, Grindr, and Bumble, for example, are immensely popular tools that people use to connect with one another for casual encounters and meaningful relationships.

Raschkowan Lecture Series: Gambling in the Digital Age, 2.0

Presenter: Dr. David Zendle, Department of Computer Sciences, University of York (UK)

Talk Abstract:

Loot boxes are items in video games that may be bought for real-world money, but which contain randomized contents. Over the past three years, a nascent literature has emerged which attempts to model the impact of this phenomenon on society. Dr. Zendle's lab has been at the heart of this evidence-generation process.

Raschkowan Lecture Series: Gambling in the Digital Age, 2.0

Presenter: Dr. David Zendle, Department of Computer Sciences, University of York (UK)

Talk Abstract:

Loot boxes are items in video games that may be bought for real-world money, but which contain randomized contents. Over the past three years, a nascent literature has emerged which attempts to model the impact of this phenomenon on society. Dr. Zendle's lab has been at the heart of this evidence-generation process.

Date:   8/26/2021         Time: 12:00-13:00 ET

Location: Online, registration link.