{"title":"Legalized online sports betting associated with increase in outpatient treatment for mental illness","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35089","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 2018, there was one state with legalized online sports betting. Now there are 31. That increase is associated with an increase in treatment for mental illness, researchers have found. Gambling disorder (GD) is in the category of substance use disorder (SUD), but this study suggested that GD itself increases mental health problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 41","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.35089","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In 2018, there was one state with legalized online sports betting. Now there are 31. That increase is associated with an increase in treatment for mental illness, researchers have found. Gambling disorder (GD) is in the category of substance use disorder (SUD), but this study suggested that GD itself increases mental health problems.