People experiencing homelessness are also experiencing clinically significant harmful gambling. This means harmful gambling is much more common among people experiencing homelessness than in the general population34https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10899-022-10140-8 .
People seeking help for harms from their own gambling are also much more likely to be homeless than the general population35Social and behavioral problems among five gambling severity groups - PubMed (nih.gov); ADDI Sharman MS_V2.pdf (uel.ac.uk) .
We know that both homelessness and gambling harm can have a profound impact on every aspect of a person’s health and wellbeing. However, further research is needed for us to understand the particular impacts of experiencing homelessness and harmful gambling at the same time.
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