May 31
Twice a year the Swedish network of gambling researchers – GARN – gathers for a meeting. The fifth meeting took place in Västerås on May 28-29, 2015. On the first day the discussions continued from the previous meeting about the concept of “behavioral addiction”. There were two presentations on the neurological basis of addiction. Psychologist …
Apr 22
Together with psychologist David Forsström, I have written a commentary on the Swedish translation of DSM-5 “Gambling disorder”. The commentary is published in the journal Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. > Read the article (open access) Binde, Per & David Forsström. 2015. The Swedish translation of DSM-5 “Gambling Disorder”: Reflections on nosology and …
Mar 31
The Swedish parliament decided on March 25 that a licensing system shall be implemented on the gambling market. The parliament requests that the government during this year gives directives for an investigation on how such a system should be designed. Actually, this is no news. For several years there has been a political majority for …
Feb 28
Gambling is not a common topic of academic research and people sometimes ask me why I choose to specialize in gambling studies. Here is the story of how it started. Back in 1997 I had completed my doctoral thesis, in which I explore and analyze notions of life-force and transcendence in traditional Southern Italy. One …
Jan 29
The report Gambling advertising: A critical research review was written by Per Binde for the Responsible Gambling Trust in the UK. It was published in April, 2014. The report has an appendix with a bibliography of empirical studies examining gambling advertising. I regularly prepare a Bibliography update, which lists works that have been published after …
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