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Gambling addiction and substance misuse among adolescents in Jamaica

from Counselor Magazine

Gambling addiction and substance misuse among adolescents in Jamaica Counselor Magazine This article seeks to highlight the problems of gambling addiction and substance misuse among Jamaica’s adolescents and how RISE Life Management Services has been tackling these issues through our targeted prevention and intervention services over the past twenty-eight years. It also seeks to show how toxic masculinity and perceived gender norms result in the inability of “the forgotten boy” to address his emotional problems, which oftentimes are some of the underlying contributing factors to his addictive disorders. READ MORE

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