Editing Problem gambling (section)

==Risk factors==
[[Mayo Clinic]] specialists and other studies state that compulsive gambling may result from biological, genetic, and environmental factors<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-19 |title=Gambling addiction: Symptoms, triggers, and treatment |url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/15929 |access-date=2021-11-04 |website=www.medicalnewstoday.com |language=en}}</ref> such as:
* [[Mental disorder|mental health disorders]] (the presence of substance use disorders, personality disorders, emotional states)
* age and sex (usually found in youth or middle-aged people, and more common to men than women)
* impact of family or friends
* [[Trait theory|personality traits]]
* video games (including any factors that resemble gambling such as slot machines or loot boxes)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ivoska |first=William |date=2022 |title=Behavioral Health Barometer Wood County Youth |website=barometer.2022.final.pdf |url=https://www.wcesc.org/media/Prevention/barometer.2022.final.pdf |access-date=2023-04-24}}</ref>
* drugs with rare side-effects (for example, [[antipsychotic]] medications or [[dopamine agonist]]s).<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Potenza|first1=Marc N|last2=Fiellin|first2=David A|last3=Heninger|first3=George R|last4=Rounsaville|first4=Bruce J|last5=Mazure|first5=Carolyn M|date=September 2002|title=Gambling|journal=Journal of General Internal Medicine|volume=17|issue=9|pages=721–732|doi=10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10812.x|issn=0884-8734|pmc=1495100|pmid=12220370}}</ref>

* traumatic conditions
* job-related stress
* solitude
* other addictions