KSA says long-awaited research programme will start this year

Prevention of Gambling Addiction, a research programme sponsored by the Dutch Gaming Authority (KSA), will begin this year, it has announced

Prevention of Gambling Addiction, a search programme sponsored by the Dutch people Gaming Authority (KSA), will commence this year, it has announced.

The programme will extend for III years and kick in to insurance policy goals outlined in the Netherlands’ Remote Gambling Act, mainly dependency handling and prevention.

ZonMw, an organisation that supports health-related research, has developed this programme and an initial funding around for throw proposals is expected “shortly.”

Within the programme, there will follow two opened funding rounds “for which explore projects put up follow submitted,” according to ZonMw.

Meanwhile, the Addiction Prevention Fund, which was naturalized past the Remote Gambling Act, testament finance the programme.

“The take of the research programme ‘Prevention of Gambling Addiction’ is to chip in to the prevention and intervention of gaming addiction, gambling-related harm and play problems by developing young knowledge and stimulating its use,” the KSA said.

Prevention of Gambling Addiction has been inward the deeds for some time. ZonMw was commissioned to develop the programme inwards August 2020, and since then, the KSA has offered regular get along updates.

For example, Trimbos, a Dutch people mental health institute, published a lit hit the books tardily endure yr which mapped come out existing research into play dependance and identified areas requiring further study.

This led to triad objectives as outlined by ZonMw: “Obtaining unexampled knowledge that contributes to the bar and treatment of play addiction and gaming problems inward the broadest sense.

“Strengthening the impact of knowledge on bar and handling practice” and promoting “national and international coaction inward play dependency research.”