"It started 30 years ago, and it still haunts me": an exploratory investigation of Territorians' gambling behaviours, harm, and help-seeking for gambling issues in an Australian jurisdiction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of qualitative gambling research on lived experience, help-seeking, and gamblers and affected others' views on the regulatory environment in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. This study provides 1) lived experience of individuals who reported experiencing harms from gambling, 2) insights into help-seeking for gambling issues, 3) and people's views on current legislation on gambling in the NT. The results of this study begin to establish an evidence base that could be used to inform targeted interventions for people experiencing harms from gambling in the NT.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a targeted selection of respondents from the 2015 and 2018 NT Gambling Prevalence and Wellbeing Surveys. The sample (n = 27; age 18+

SUBMITTER: Gupta H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791886 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature