UK National Health Service To Launch Gambling Addiction Treatment Centers

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) recently announced it will be launching new treatment centers for addiction disorder related to gambling. The move comes as part of the government’s efforts via the Conservative party’s NHS Long Term Plan to invest in mental health services.

Specifically, the plan’s efforts will provide 24-7 crisis care to more than 2 million individuals living with mental health issues, including addiction to gambling, which effects more than 400,000 people. It will accomplish this by establishing new centers that offer gambling addiction disorder treatment—a timely service, as currently . . .