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Online sports betting legalization tied to 6.73% rise in depression diagnoses among men

Ella Ruder | October 21, 2026

States that legalized online sports betting saw increases in antidepressant and anti-anxiety medication use, along with outpatient diagnoses of depression and anxiety, a study published Oct. 14 in JAMA Psychiatry found. Researchers at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzed employer-sponsored health insurance claims from January 2016 to December 2023. The study compared 22 states that legalized online sports betting between 2018 and 2022 with 13 states that had not legalized it by the end of 2023. Here are four things to know: 1. After legalization, the… Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More

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