AMID the continued proliferation of online gambling, the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 15, 2025, called on individuals with gambling addiction to seek help.<\/p>\n
In an interview, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said they are encouraging those hooked on gambling, including online gambling, to avail themselves of psychiatric assistance from the government.<\/p>\n
“If you have a gambling addiction and want to seek treatment, there are services available at the DOH,” said Herbosa.<\/p>\n
“All those who want to be examined are welcome at any of our hospitals that offer psychiatric assistance services,” he added.<\/p>\n
Earlier, DOH Spokesman Albert Domingo said they are preparing their Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers nationwide to handle cases of gambling addiction.<\/p>\n
“The DOH is working to increase the capacity of its rehabilitation centers to treat patients with mental disorders, specifically those with Impulse Control Disorder,” he added.<\/p>\n
Domingo said this is coupled with efforts from the health sector to combat the stigma associated with mental health issues.<\/p>\n
“This effort aims to encourage more people to seek help without fear of shame or discrimination,” said Domingo.<\/p>\n
The DOH said gambling in general is a form of behavioral addiction called Impulse Control Disorder.<\/p>\n
It noted that online platforms only make gambling more accessible to the general public. (Anton Banal\/SunStar Philippines)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AMID the continued proliferation of online gambling, the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 15, 2025, called…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-75259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}