Pathological gambling addiction – ludomania in “Secondary School No. 1”

Pathological gambling addiction – ludomania in “Secondary School No. 1”

On 01.10. 2024, the Department of Psychiatry and Narcology held an event on the theme “Pathological gambling addiction – ludomania” for 11th grade students at “Secondary School No. 1”.

Organizers: assistant of the department Almagambetova A.A., associate professor of the department Ospanova N.N., as well as students of the 3513th group (curator Almagambetova A.A.), residents of the 1st year of study Muratbekov Zh.E., Aldazhar A.K.

The purpose of the meeting: to introduce school students to the concept of ludomania, to show the harmful effects of gambling, to increase the level of knowledge on the problem of gambling addiction, to educate a mentally healthy, personally developed student.

Welcoming remarks to the students of School No. 1 were made by: assistant of the department A.A., associate professor of the department N.N. Ospanova.

In recent years, the problem of ludomania (gambling addiction) it began to acquire an ever-increasing scale. It has really become so widespread. In their speeches, they highlighted the main causes of ludomania, factors predisposing to ludomania, symptoms of addiction, stages of development of gaming activity, consequences, prevention of ludomania. The students took an active part. At the end of the meeting, their questions were asked.