In the early 2000s, while I was working as a family therapist in London, a 12-year-old boy came to see me with his mother. They looked like any other mother and son perhaps out buying school uniform ...

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Background: Online gambling and sports betting have recently been legalized and expanded in North America. We aimed to evaluate long-term changes in the frequency of gambling-related helpline contacts ...