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The International Webinar Series on Gambling, organised by the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar and the Centre of Excellence in Gambling Research at Yale University School of Medicine,[...]

This presentation explores the development of research protocols in health care. Dr. Siska developed protocols ranging from drug trials to medical teaching methods.[...]

The inaugural Mediterranean Studies Summer School, ‘The West Med: Gateways and Convergences Over Time and Space’, will focus on the positionality of the Western Mediterranean in relation to the wider Mediterranean zone, the Atlantic, and indeed North Africa, given Gibraltar’s gatekeeping presence over the Strait.[...]

In recent decades gambling has become ever more prominent as a leisure activity, aided by both increasing liberalisation of regulation and easier access afforded via the internet and mobile technologies.[...]

Support Our Student Nurses in raising money for Cancer Relief Centre Gibraltar and Gibraltar Cardiac Association in a 24hr Cyclathon taking place on Friday 17th June and ending on Saturday 18th June. Please donate via the QR code provided, all proceeds will be going to the two charities.[...]

We invite you to join us for the second in a public lecture series titled 'Gibraltar - Paradise Between Oceans, Ice Sheets and Deserts', delivered by Beacon Professor Clive Finlayson.[...]

Gambling research has undergone significant development in the past decades; however, some relevant areas have lagged behind. One of them is the revealing of women’s problem gambling behaviour.[...]

Addiction can be seen as a brain disease with a biopsychosocial basis, including specific biological and psychological abnormalities.[...]

The majority of adults engage in some form of gambling during their life, which is a non-problematic leisure activity in most cases. However, for a minority of individuals gambling could become problematic (even pathological), negatively affecting everyday life of those who suffer from it and their families. [...]

The mechanisms that allow people to think logically are prone to error. These cognitive errors can lead people to make illogical decisions, and in some cases, can lead individuals form false beliefs. [...]